This summer I will be 31 years-old. To me it seems like I’m still 16… but now I’m married, have 2 children, a career, a house, and way too much stress and pressure. There’s a lot of things that suck about being a grown-up, but there are plenty more things that make life so much better. I would not trade my life now for my life as a teenager.
For me, I don’t think I really started to own my faith until roughly 3 years ago. I am Christian. I believe in Jesus Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit, but I don’t think I’m a traditional Christian. I am a pastor, but I still have many, many questions about God. One of the reasons I decided to start writing a blog again is to put down in writing MY theology. Not the theology of my denomination, or my parents, or anyone else. I’ve tried to answer some tough questions about God that I think most people have. Do I have the right answers, no probably not. But I think that as I struggle to find more truth in this world that I have come closer to knowing the real God, and for me my answers make sense. I suppose I’m also writing because I know that I still have a lot to figure out, and I’m hoping that by writing about my questions that linger, I will be able to encourage myself to continue to ponder the tough questions.
Some of the things I hope to explore are:
- Where is Heaven (and Hell)
- Where did God come from?
- Who was Jesus
- Does God send people to hell?
- What about the Bible?
- Does Prayer work?
- and a lot more…
I know that a lot of what I explore will not appeal to conservative evangelicals, but I don’t really care. I think that when we take an honest look at God, using philosophy and science to guide us, that we get a vary different picture of God. God is still loving and kind and wonderful, but different than what I think we commonly believe. Anyway, I hope I can write and continue to formulate my own understanding of who God is, and why God created this wonderful universe that we live in.
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