Another topic we take up often is science and faith, but I don't always do those posts. I ask others to help me, and you will meet "RJS" -- a professor friend who knows her stuff about science.
Please be patient with us as we move our archives over and get the "categories" to the right re-adjusted.
Over the next two weeks or so I will introduce the Beliefnet.com community to our writings so for some this might be old hat ... but it might be a good chance for us to think through the central ideas that will shape this blog.
We come to Beliefnet.com with a community of friends who have established a civil form of conversation. Yes, over the 3.5 years of blogging on Jesus Creed we have had to add names to our "moderation" queue and we don't like doing that. But, because here at Jesus Creed we value civility so much we find it necessary and helpful to moderate comments intentionally and carefully.
We value conversation. If you want to chat with us -- join us. We imagine this community as sitting at a table over coffee with one another. We are not trying to win, to score points, to insult, or to shame others. Sometimes someone gets a little sharp with others and we all stand back and say, "That's not the way we operate at Jesus Creed." This community monitors itself. If you are asked by others to tone it down, please tone it down. If we want a civil conversation we have to work hard at protecting one another from insults. And we have to discipline ourselves to ask this simple question: "Would I talk like this to a friend over coffee?"

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Thanks, RJS...we'll just have to adjust, eh? ;^)
I deeply respect Scot and esteem his wisdom; I keep figuring that he must see past these flashing ads, clunky clicking through to comments, and non-intuitive navigation, to something of greater value. I am saddened at the loss of the original Jesus Creed... yet I pray the merit Scot sees in moving here trumps my current experience...
Humbly trusting,
Ann
JesusCreed is my favourite blog in the world, one i visit all the time and have learned so much from in lots of ways. I also tell lots of people about it and Scot is one of my favourite authors. So i'm pretty dismayed by dating ads bouncing around, being enticed to be greedy by voting etc .. and finding the site is a lot less user friendly .. It feels like something great has been lost and i hope i'm wrong ..
The layout (background, character, ease on the eyes on contrast to a bright white background) of the old Jesus Creed was my favorite of all blogs. Change is difficult for me. We recently moved our Better Bibles Blog to a new address and blogging system. I hesitated about making the move for a year or so. Fortunately we were able to retain most of the look of the previous address.
Scot, does Belief.net entirely determine the look of the blogs it hosts? Or can you have a programmer create a background and other layout on Belief.net that is similar to what you had at jesuscreed.org?
At least would it be possible to mellow down the bright white background for those of us for whom it is difficult on our eyes? Perhaps a cream color that lights some of the glare?
I wish God's best on your cont'd blogging and hope that much of the Jesus Creed ambience we have come to love and enjoy can be retained in your new digs.
Gotta get my sunglasses for my next visit here :-)
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