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Every week I receive a little report from the editors of Beliefnet<\/em> summarizing the hot content of the week- all that stuff you guys are inclined to read out there. \u00a0It seems inquiring minds these days often want to know how to pray for strength or healing, find advice on how to recover from an affair, or get the latest on politicians and celebrities. \u00a0And I get<\/em> that.<\/p>\n

Beliefnet<\/em> readers also seem to like heart-warming stories about animals. \u00a0(If you haven’t read my post, “Space Dog: The Animal of Regret,” it’s a tip of the hat to all dog lovers out there.) So I get that, too.<\/p>\n

But,\u00a0I must confess to being more perplexed when popular key words include things like “songs about rain” or “Polish salt mine.” \u00a0For you readers, I fear I have little to offer- although I do vaguely remember Milli Vanilli once blaming love troubles on the rain sometime in the 80’s, and before that, Barry Manilow crooning about how he “made it through the rain,” with a wicked seventies do to show for it. I was also mildly intrigued to learn, via Wickipedia, that the Wieliczka Salt Mine, in addition to being one of the world’s oldest natural salt mines dating back to the thirteenth century, is actually a pretty big tourist attraction (if Poland is where you plan to spend your next vacation).<\/p>\n

Hot vacation spots notwithstanding, all of this is to say that\u00a0Beliefnet readers are a bit, well, “eclectic” in their choice of reading. And if you readers are weird this way, we bloggers are even more so. \u00a0Up until now, you fellow saints and sinners have been subjected to my own often random and rambling tirades about God and life and everything in between.<\/p>\n

Which is why I invite your feedback:<\/em> you wouldn’t know it right now, but we’ve actually been indulging in an ongoing series titled “Jesus Epithets” (all the names given to Jesus throughout Scripture); and, in God’s perfect timing, which I suspect will be in the days and weeks to come, we’ll also feature an interview with Stanford neurologist and fellow saint and sinner Saskia de Vries about how discoveries in neuroscience enrich and problematize Christian theology; but, what would you like to see more of on FSS<\/em>? \u00a0If we are living into what it means to be a “virtual church for real people asking real questions about God and life,” or, to put it another way, an open, online community of religious misfits with questions at the intersection of life and God, be we converted, unconverted or under conversion, what does this look like for you<\/em>? What kinds of questions, concerns, gripes and celebrations would you like me to entertain for the benefit of the Fellowship? \u00a0 What contributions might you make? I value your input! Leave your comments below, or shoot me an e-mail at kristinarobbdover@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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