Creating my blog

The first step in my journey into the world of blogging was not so smooth.  I thought this was easy, but NOOOOOO.
Thanks to Brandon, I have a name. No thanks to Google, I ended up with 3 blogs, because they kept giving me an error page. Hopefully things will go smoothly from this point on. 

First things first...why do I have a blog? Well, this is NOT of my choosing.  At some point, about a year ago, I began to feel that I was supposed to do this. I keep getting all of these questions about my beliefs and why I chose them, and I realized that I can't answer "off the cuff"  so well.  Aside from that, God made me a writer more than a speaker. I can teach, when prepared, but to just be asked questions like, "Hey, why do Catholics pray to Mary?" or "What is this Tradition stuff?" or even worse, "Don't you believe that we are saved by faith alone?" my mouth goes dry...I start to pray, and I answer as best I can. The problem is, I never feel that I answered completely, or that the discussion went quite as well as it could have.  Honestly, I often step away knowing that I could have said that better if I had some time to think, process, etc.  So, this blog is a two part invention (and no, Lacy, I'm not going to play Bach now). What I mean is...it is to share my ongoing conversion AND to give a place for discussion, questioning, etc about my faith. 

I hope we can all play nice and be respectful.  Or at least share in honesty our feelings without anyone getting their feelings hurt. 

Oh, and one more thing...as much as possible...what is said on the blog stays on the blog.  This will not be carried over into family discussions round the campfire or over birthday cake : )