Uno...

I'm planning on using this space to write about my thoughts on God and religion in general, and Christianity in particular. Unlike my other blog (detritus) which is a random sample of the garbage floating inside of my head, I'll try to confine my thoughts to serious things.

I don't know it all (shocking, I know), and humility and skepticism make strange bedfellows. Nevertheless, I will make every attempt to be honest and forthright. If I state an opinion, I sincerely mean it, even though it may be incorrect.

I've thought about doing this for a long time now, and it's finally time to get off my ass and Just Do It™. I'll start off with a multi-part collection of thoughts about Velvet Elvis, a Rob Bell's popular (as of this writing #2 in Amazon's Christian Living/Faith category) book. I'll admit that I'm taking a somewhat adversarial stance from the get-go, firstly because that's what Bell's back cover invites me to do:

Test it. Probe it. Do that to this book.

and secondly, because this is Thoughts from a Skeptical Christian, not Thoughts from an Agreeable Christian.

Lastly, I don't really expect anyone else to read what I've written, but if you end up here, you're more than welcome to critique, comment, and add to the discussion.