– the spread of the internet has democratized communication; some people can claim to have something to say about everything and even more so imagine that others could, or even should, be interested. Exchanges in the village square, camaraderie in the café and confidences in the pub gradually give way to unexpected friendships, affinities of thought with people we might never meet but who become an integral part of our lives.
– our obsession with privacy contrasts strangely with the way we deliver our most intimate thoughts, our most secret images, in the global village square that the web has become, aided by Facebook and other Myspace platforms. Our mentors are no longer the professor, nor the philosopher, nor the priest, but wise bloggers, distilling their wisdom into a few lines that are perfectly suited to a generation known for having a short attention span. The blog, the new reading.
– it is the birth of communities of thought, beyond any element of physical or material rapprochement, the search for an affinity not imposed by school or neighborhood, but desired, sought and freely chosen on the web. I would certainly betray my age if I said, 'how times change'; but aren't we tempted to say every day, 'how times change'.
– a certain community of thought, or however opinions are invited to diverge on this or that point, this blog intends to ask questions, provoke debate, inform and overturn some sacred cows while giving everyone the desire to follow Jesus beyond the end of the world, into eternity.
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