November 19, 2004
Disclaimer
Since I work full time for Stonebrook Community Church and The Rock, Ames, I thought it necessary to include some form a disclaimer about the thoughts, opinions and views of this blog. Since I am a representative of these two fine organizations, I wish to make it clear that the opinions and views expressed through this blog may in no way be the offical position of either Stonebrook Community Church or The Rock, Ames. If there is any doubt, please leave a comment or talk to me directly via e-mail. mtriley at stonebrook.org. :)
I will also, today, launch a few leadership comments. Since obviously my leadership experience is associated with the two organizations I work for, it is natural to think certain events or people will spark the thought. As such, if I ever cause offence, though believe me it will never be my intention, please let me know via responce or e-mail at mtriley at stonebrook dot org. I, in no way, intend to harm or cause pain, but I'll probably poke a nerve here or there. {But then again, Tim did say to leave scathing comments on people's blogs to get their attention, so I don't know what he's trying to say.... ;-)}
Posted by mtriley at 01:35 PM | Comments (0)
Wow
Wow.... I had no idea one small post saying, "Hello Bloggers" would get so much attention. I'll try, during break, to visit your blogs and see what is up. I'm also hoping to lauch several small discussions or thoughts, (probably mostly) thoughts, though. We'll see how time permits.
Posted by mtriley at 01:32 PM | Comments (3)
November 18, 2004
Hello Bloggers
Is Bloggers really a word? I'm not sure. But after about a taking a year of nagging from my friends... (Thanks Matt & Tim), I finally broke down and started a blog.
Actually, in part, you can thank this years election for a fueling drive to start blogging. That's becuase my plan for this blog isn't really to be an on-line journal or something of that nature, though, I am sure over time, part of it will morph that way, but rather to be used as a forumn for discussing Christian Politics. Specifically, given an appropiate Christian world-view, what should our polictical stance be? [I'll comment more on this later...]
Tim, one of the pastors of Stonebrook Community Church and The Rock, Ames (www.stonebrook.org and www.rockisu.com) also had been suggesting a blog to me as a fourm for discussing leadership topics and other such things that happen to be on my mind, so I am sure you'll get some of that here as well.
I'll add more about myself at a later point, since I am now rushed for time. If you are interested, you can find a picture of me and a brief bio at the Rock Staff Page.
Have a great day! :)
Posted by mtriley at 11:40 AM | Comments (7)