{"id":147,"date":"2009-01-07T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.icta.net\/slty\/?p=147"},"modified":"2009-01-30T05:38:55","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T12:38:55","slug":"before-we-set-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.icta.net\/slty\/2009\/01\/07\/before-we-set-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Before we set out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-148\" title=\"Circle of friends\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.icta.net\/slty\/files\/2009\/01\/groupcircle.jpg\" alt=\"Circle of friends\" width=\"282\" height=\"174\" \/>We&#8217;re not &#8220;rules&#8221; sort of people, but experience says it&#8217;s best if we say a few words before we set out on this journey together.<\/p>\n<p>There are some things you should know about our ICTA team, and about this blog. Someday we&#8217;ll take time to describe these in more detail, but right now we&#8217;d like to just list them as some of our initial assumptions:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>This is a safe place to      grow together.<\/strong> Mistakes are forgiven, people change and develop their      perspectives. Comments (and most blog posts) are <em>not <\/em>indexed for      posterity in Google or Archive.org. That&#8217;s why you have to log in to      comment, and RSS feeds are private.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li><strong>We have significant      commercial high tech experience.<\/strong> The methods, tools, process of      business today are familiar and &#8220;easy&#8221; for us. We do our best to avoid      diving into complicated jargon. At the same time, sometimes a bit of      vocabulary is important for a given topic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We appreciate and value a <a title=\"WEA Statement of Faith\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldevangelicals.org\/aboutwea\/statementoffaith.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Bible-based <\/a> spiritual perspective. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>We appreciate and value      good science,<\/strong> good use of math, engineering, planning and more. (We      believe our minds and skills are gifts of God.) Sometimes you might even      see a bit of math here. 2 + 2 = 4 anyone?<\/li>\n<li><strong>We pray.<\/strong> Not asking a      God made in our image to fulfill our desires, but talking with and      listening to the God who loves us and loves to hear our hearts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We hope you, like we, are      not out to offend but find a path together. <\/strong>This is not about unity at      the expense of truth. But since we&#8217;re all seekers, we probably have more      in common than we think, as we journey together toward God who loves us      all.<\/li>\n<li>In <em>other<\/em> venues, we      might write &#8220;G-d&#8221; instead of &#8220;God&#8221; out of respect for the Jewish tradition      of never writing or speaking the holy name of God. However, as this is <em>our<\/em> venue, we hope you will not be offended that <strong>we <em>do <\/em>speak God&#8217;s      name. <\/strong>In fact, a uniqueness of Jesus is that he introduces us to God      as intimate Father who loves us more than we can imagine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think? Does anything else need to be said up front?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re not &#8220;rules&#8221; sort of people, but experience says it&#8217;s best if we say a few words before we set out on this journey together. There are some things you should know about our ICTA team, and about this blog. 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