Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Over the course of the next however long it takes, I'm going to be writing a series of "Why I am ____." posts.

The goal is to (hopefully) be able to make concrete and public some of the theological transformations that God has made in my life.  I feel as though I have been dancing around some of these things and pretending that I am not fully "there" because I have been afraid of backlash and/or afraid of offending those who were my church superiors and who had control over my future ordination (or lack thereof).

If it has to be said, that kind of fear, that kind of hiding and evading is not acceptable.  Part of what I have always believed God's call on me has been to be 100% honest, to be up front about what God is doing.

So now that I have no license and no church superiors to worry about offending, I am going to throw caution to the wind and lay out the ways in which God is transforming me.

Mostly, these posts will be for me - a way of putting into clear words things that may have been fuzzy.  Undoubtedly, though, these posts will also be for others...in the hopes that anyone who is wrestling with the issues addressed might find hope in their own journey.

I'm not sure where all it's going to go, but I am excited to finally stop playing semantic games.

jB