There are some things you as a reader may want to know about me and where I'm coming from when reading this particular blog.
I could talk about faith and God and spirituality and the origins of life, the universe and everything pretty much endlessly. It has always been one of my favorite things to do. I've also written extensively, though nowhere near exhaustively on my own peculiar brand of faith. I'll post much of that here eventually, as that is one of the reasons for this blog. For now, the overview:
1. I do not call myself a Christian. I believe in the God of the Bible and in Jesus, and in redemption, and suchlike, but I do not call myself a Christian. I rather consider myself a Christ follower.
2. I also find resonance and solace in many of the teachings of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Gandhi, MLK Jr., the Dalai Lama, Wayne Dyer, Mike Dooley, Neale Donald Walsh et al.
3. I don't believe in heaven and hell as such according to Christian teachings, so I don't respond to threats of one or promises of the other according to the way most Christians believe.
4. In addition to the above, I hold a very pagan set of beliefs and spiritual 'practices' without 'practicing' any particular form of religion.
5. I take a rather pantheistic, panentheisitic, universalist, deisitic (minus the 'rejection of revelation' bit) view of God, and use the pronoun him/her/it/them/us frequently when referring thereto.
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