introductions

hello, everyone.

welcome to "the blog." i would like to give all accreditation for the title of this little blog project to rachel, who came up with it on her porch swing while we drank kefir water and rocked back and forth and talked about how we aren't ever sure how life works. thanks rachel.

i'd like to introduce myself, even though you all mostly already know me. i'm amanda. i'm 21 years old, i live in minnesota, i drink tea mostly every day, i love to write in my journal at coffee shops while staring out the window or listening to other people's conversations, and i'm generally a pretty quiet person unless you know me very very well...then i talk too much or even yell. you may or may not get to know me more as this blog progresses; if you really want to get to know me better then go ahead and buy me coffee. i'll be an open book, i promise.

enough about me, because this blog is not about me. not at all. i kind of had this idea for a blog that would bring people from various locations, life situations, and worldviews together to talk about things. to talk about faith, theology, religion, philosophy, controversy, to ask questions, to just share random life lessons, to discuss and debate lovingly with one another about issues and ideas.

if you have any ideas or thoughts or direction for this blog, i'd love to add you to the list of people who are able to create posts. if you'd rather not write entire posts, then you can just go ahead and start a discussion by posting a comment. this is sort of an experiment, and definitely a work in progress! tell your friends about it, think about things you've been wanting to discuss with people but never have, etc. who knows what will happen... maybe it will just be me writing into some empty, echoing corner of cyberspace.

anyway, say hello, introduce yourself....let's think, let's talk, let's blog, eh?