Starting A New Thing

There's a draw back to hiring people that are young enough to be your children. First, they make you painfully aware of your technological shortcomings. Second, they speak a language that sounds oddly familiar but is punctuated by references that make no sense. Recently one of my staff urged me to begin blogging. I smiled and nodded my headed in agreement, while secretly questioning his newly expressed affinity for folk dance! Still, here I am dipping my toe into the virtual world of digital communication. "Theos-Offroading" is my reference to an "off-road" approach to a discussion about God (Theos in the Greek). My hope is that you'll consider joining the conversation without feeling constrained to agree or necessarily follow conventional norms of thinking about the Christian Faith. The truth is, no matter how tightly we wind God up, we will fail to constrain the true nature of God who has been revealed throughout history to people very differently and to very different people. Why are we so different from one another, one might ask. The obvious answer is God made us this way. And if this is true then God's ultimate goal must not be broad conformity but celebrated diversity. In terms of Christian community, it means acknowledging our uniqueness as individuals while at the same time, recognizing our connectedness to one another. To put it bluntly, this is family business.