What is this place?

This is a personal blog, with a variety of purposes. Chiefly among those purposes is not to be ‘out there’ – this blog and page is public, but not promoted. I welcome interaction and comments, but it will shared amongst friends and family more than broadly. I will fight against a desire to see these posts shared, or to gain “followers.” Instead…

This is writing practice for me. I want to develop my tone, voice, and writing pace. I don’t want to write poorly in these posts – but I am also not posting for wide publication. In general, I will review and edit my posts once, but they will likely continue to have errors and typos. As I see those, I will fix them. But my goal isn’t publication perfection.

This is processing for me. Many of the posts will focus on narrow or specific topics in which I’m driving towards language and clarity. I’ve observed too many areas in my belief and theology which have been poorly painted with a broad brush dipped in the whitewash of, “And then it kinda works out.” I want to take positions and find clarity. But that also means this will be a work in progress – I welcome comments and refinement. You might not agree with every position I take – I doubt you will. Help me grow and learn. 

Finally, this is transparency for me. It is transparency in those particular areas of belief, but also in what I read and consume. I’ll post book reviews – both fiction and non fiction. I seek to clarify the type of content I consume and why I consume it. I’ll be more open here with who I am.