Welcome to My Arena!

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic," Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

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Welcome to my blog! While I may drift to other subjects from time to time, the reason I started this is to organize and explore my Faith in God. I welcome and encourage comments and dissent, as long as it is respectful and reasoned. My arguments with myself and anyone who posts to my blog are not confrontational, they are my way of challenging myself. I am looking for someone to convince me that I am wrong!

I pray that God will guide me in this journey, and I thank anyone who gives me something worth considering.