Recently I sat down with ThinkChristian’s newest contributor—myself. Here are a few things I told me.

Q: Who are you?

A: What an existential question. Well, I’m a writer. I’m a Christ-follower. I’m a father. I’m a blogger. I love TiVo. What else would you like to know about me?

Q: That’s plenty, thanks. Why are you looking forward to blogging for ThinkChristian?

A: I’ve been a blogger since 2001, back in the early days when blog posts were still written by telegraph. For at least as long, one of my favorite verses has been Romans 12:2: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God.” ThinkChristian is an ideal intersection of blogging and that kind of discerning.

Q: What are your views on faith and culture?

A: I have several, as orderly and tidy as laundry in a dryer. One is: culture is (as they say) not optional. Another is: Christians are supposed to be different. Not always better, never louder, seldom righter, but different.

Consider my posts here an act of looking in the dryer and seeing what else is in there.