I’ve long been aware that most of the Western world is waiting breathlessly for me to write about what I had for breakfast or to share my thoughts on the world’s current events. However, while I hate to disappoint a waiting public, that’s just not the sort of thing that I feel like writing. What I would like to do, however, is to share some of the less-orthodox thoughts that I’ve had over the years, just to get some feedback and critique on those thoughts. Since I’ve spent most of my adult life in ministry, most if not all of those thoughts pertain to biblical texts or Christian subjects in general.
Most of what I post here will be original in some sense of the word. Yet I realize that I have heard so many people over the years and read so many books and other writings, that the chance of a truly original thought coming forth from my head is rather unlikely. The best I can hope for is to combine the thoughts of others in some new way that will therefore yield something that seems original.
If anyone reads the different things I write here and agrees with all of them, I probably haven’t expressed myself well or they probably haven’t been paying attention. I hope that there is something that at least makes you think for a moment: “He’s got to be kidding” (I’d like to inspire an “Are you daft?” or two, but I doubt that many people say that on a regular basis).
It is also my intention that there be many chefs in this Kitchen of Half-Baked Thoughts. The Bible says, “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” The only hope these ideas have of ever reaching Full-Baked status is that others join in the process with their comments. I hope you’ll put on your chef’s hat (no aprons required) and join me in the baking.
—Tim