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Brian emailed me today:

Thanks for the creative way to start the textpiece on Colossians! I went to your blog and wanted to comment, but felt intimidated on expressing a view. I’ve never blogged before, so not really sure on how. Do I use my real name or hide behind a “username”?

I am definitely guilty of forgetting how intimidating this whole thing can be. I’ve been reading, writing and commenting on blogs for years now and sometimes assume that everyone else has too.

I realize that this is not true, so keeping that in mind I want to explain how things work. If you want to comment on a particular post you can click on the link below the post that either says “no comments” or “[n] comments”. This will take you to a form that allows you to write a response and post it to this site (attached to the particular post). You can use your real name, a username, a nickname, a first name or whatever really. Though it is nice to know who we’re conversing with, but it’s up to you. The email address you fill in the form is only visible to me, by the way…

I welcome any and all comments, but especially cherish those that push me to refine my thinking. So if you don’t exactly agree, fire away. It may be that I didn’t express myself adequately or maybe I’m off base or perhaps we see the world differently. I appreciate other views and intentionally seek them out in my life and learning. Don’t be afraid that I’ll jump on dissenting opinions and try to make them seem foolish. I am commited to not using this blog as a club against those who may disagree with me. If you search, you’ll find a few instances where people disagreed with me quite passionately and I am (I think) extremely careful to listen and honor those folks.

So fear not this is a safe place to post a thought! Don’t be intimidated!