Welcome to ie:missional, my new blog. I hope to be a part of the growing community of those who are attempting to influence the entire world for the gospel. You can link to here from either www.iemissional.com or www.martyduren.com.
A couple of things: First, on this blog you can choose your own background. Under the title on the header bar are a series of thumbnails. By clicking on one of these, you can change the wallpaper as often as you see fit, thereby getting a personalized feel for this blog when you visit. Some photo files take a little longer than others to load; that is caused by the size of the photo as uploaded to the server. Some will take only 3-4 seconds to change, while others may take up to 20 seconds. I think this is a pretty cool feature.
Second, this is a discussion blog, so feel free to discuss. Lots of topics will be on the floor and it will be fun learning from each other. You need not be a follower of Christ to participate
Third, we will not always be attempting to reach a consensus, but rather to be exposed to various ideas that will help us get closer to both a biblical world view and a biblical lifestyle. Any billigerent commenter will be banned, but I’m not going to stop vigorous, on point debate simply because someone cannot hold their own.
Fourth, play nice! Nobody likes a bully. If you cannot defend your thoughts using words as something besides a club, then you probably need to head over to Rush Limbaugh’s place.
Last, I’ll be taking a couple of weeks off so that I can finish the blogroll and some other things, but mostly to rest and re-create. I’ll see you officially on Monday, July 2.
The IPhone look really rocks. I look forward to following this blog. Can’t wait to hear from you in July.
See ya, later.
Your friend,
Steve H
Comment by Steve H — June 26, 2007 @ 8:26 pm
I hope some of you are listening to what Bob Roberts is saying. Revolutionary!
http://glocaltrekker.blogspot.com/2007_06_20_archive.html
Comment by JRD — June 26, 2007 @ 9:31 pm
Very Cool. Two thumbs up.
Comment by Kiki — June 27, 2007 @ 12:51 pm
Kiki Cherry. Welcome back.
Comment by Marty Duren — June 27, 2007 @ 12:59 pm
Cool look, cool direction. Just cool.
Comment by Benjie — June 27, 2007 @ 4:57 pm
Man, this place is a wasteland. You need to get some content. Fast. ;-)
Comment by Paul — June 27, 2007 @ 7:26 pm
Oh, waaaah.
Comment by Marty Duren — June 27, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
Yeah, I agree with Paul. I feel like I’m on someone’s Myspace page or something. This is kind of freaking me out. Who’s your favorite band? Who are your friends? Can we meet at the mall or something?
Just kidding. I’m just jealous of the new look. But, I am looking forward to your first posts. Write something controversial. Everyone’s starting to play nice. :)
Comment by Alan Cross — June 28, 2007 @ 12:29 am
I’m not great at this but count me in. I will try to contribute a bivocational viewpoint. I am currently searching for new ways to move our churh family towards reaching the communities around us that are so overwhwlmingly different that our church at this point.
Comment by Chuck Bryce — June 28, 2007 @ 3:26 pm
Hey, Marty. Love the new site. Can’t wait to learn from it. You are a blog king.
And thanks for the link. You are right – more testosterone is welcomed over there. I live in a chick world.
Comment by Travis — June 28, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
Marty, this Okie has never met you, but is continually impressed with how the Lord has blessed so many (including this itinerant Christian) with the blog ministry He has given you.
In His Grace and Peace,
T. D. Webb
Comment by T. D. Webb — June 29, 2007 @ 1:18 am
I can’t understand how a Christian can remain in the SBC. I see all the infighting, lying, and hypocrisy, and feel sickened. I was a Southern Baptist for over 50 years, but after seeing the really poor condition of many of it’s ‘preachers’ I bailed out.
Comment by Bill — June 29, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
Bill-
Don’t I remember you from the Lifeway Younger Leader Forum?
Even if you bailed on the SBC, you are likely to find friends here. Welcome.
Comment by Marty Duren — June 29, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
Okay Marty – I saw you commented on the Outpost so I know you were online this morning. Today is supposed to be the big kickoff day here too I thought. Where’s the beef?
:)
Comment by Dorcas Hawker — July 2, 2007 @ 4:17 am