This is my very first experience with blogs (unless you count watching the movie Julie & Julia) and so i was looking for a title that would describe what i hope to write about, but recognizing that since i have never done this before i'm not exactly sure where it will head. My goal is to explore quesitions of faith in a non-conventional, non-intuitive way. Questions that relate to my everyday life. Questions that try to find a current and pragmatic application for the conceptual topics that i've learned in church, sunday school and seminary.
So what are "the lines"? My original thought was that like the phrase "reading between the lines", i would try to read between the lines of scripture to find implications for my faith and actions today. But the more i think about it i see the lines as the two sides that are typically drawn in discussions of faith - the separation of church and state, religion vs. public policy, etc. I think what i really want to contemplate (and therefore write about) is how to live a faithful life caught between these two worlds, or lines. Only in modern times are we forced to make this distinction and compartimentalize our religious-self from our secular-self. In the old days, not necessarily the good old days but simply in previous generations, we were expected to live out our faith beliefs in our real lives. I think that is what i've been called to do but let's face it, that's pretty politically incorrect in most settings outside the church or a not-for-profit organization.
So my plan at the moment is to try to bring a faith based analytical approach to issues that will blur the lines of "good religion" vs. "good business", "church" vs. "state". Faith and analytics are terms i haven't always associated but i'd like to give it a try.
Let's see what happens:)
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