Monday, January 18, 2010

Trying the Question Thing

I've noticed that I hardly ever have time to devote to a serious blog post on Mondays. Mondays are my busiest day of the week, and I feel very scattered and unorganized due to the ADHD nature of my job.

So I feel that I have the choice to not put one up, or write one half heartedly. Either way, that seems like a cop-out and irresponsible to you wonderful people who actually take the time to stop by and read what I have to say.

For that matter, to say that I'm constantly surprised that anyone is interested enough to read this blog is an understatement in itself...for reals. I don't say it enough, but thank you for reading. You are all teh awesome.

So I'm trying a new solution

I'll be posting up a question on Mondays.

Not some cop-out "what do you think about this issue on which I've obviously already stated my opinion and am merely looking for validation or disagreement" style question. Those are the ones I usually put up...and I'm sincerely sorry.

But an actual question. A non-"yes/no, agree/disagree" question. One that you may not have a canned answer to and can let gestate and get back to.

Because despite my lack of attempts at it, I do care. And I am curious.

The first Monday question

So here it is: What is the most important book in the Bible?

Important book.

Not necessarily your favorite, your most memorable, the prettiest or the ugliest. But to you, with your personal understanding, theology and faith; what is the most important book in the Bible?

And why is that? What makes it so important? What makes it higher ranked than some other book?

Please post in the comments below, or if you're reading on Facebook: click here.

Thanks everyone! :D

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There's no right or wrong answer ;)

I know that sometimes seems cliche....but for real! :D
I see most things as cheating.
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Sandy Brown · 791 weeks ago

Well, Danny, I'm not usually home during the day to "play" on FB but since I am blessed today, I am responding with Psalms. I find that book to have everything. Much of it is attributed to Kind David's writing and he knew joy and deep grief and sadness and regret and he questioned God and then praised God and just suffered the whole gamut of emotions like we do. The roller-coaster of his life is something I can relate to and I can always find some verses that seem to encourage me.
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Well then I'm glad you got the chance to play on FB today ;)

Also, I completely relate to your relating to Psalms....if that makes any sense.
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Sandy Brown · 791 weeks ago

Sorry - spell check needed...that was King David.
For me... my favorite is Psalms. but overall importance... I think Hebrews ranks up there for several reasons... non of which I have the time to say right now... sorry for the tease... :)
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No apologies needed sir. The tease is better than the cold shoulder, glad you were able to slip on for a moment or two.

Hebrews eh? I would be interested to see some reasonings for it...at a later time I'm sure ;)
Two things..
1) What's your job? The ADHD comment got me curious.
2) To answer your question, I'm gonna lump the Gospels into one giant book. I know I'm cheating, but I can't pick just one of 'em..
My recent post Fighting a Case of the Mondays with Blue Like Jazz
1 reply · active 791 weeks ago
Apparently I know several cheaters ;)

As for my job, I work for a small loan company. On Mondays I cover for someone else at the office so I do loan processing, working loan requests as they come in at about 45-60 seconds per request every few minutes. So it really makes me a bit spastic and unable to focus on Mondays.
Acts. I am a fan of biographies. We learn so much there about Paul, about the early church and their trials and errors and successes and mistakes. And though there's not a whole lot of outright theology there, we seldom learn our own theology from theological books - moreso from the practical - from our interactions with others in day to day life.
1 reply · active 789 weeks ago
I like that thinking a lot! In the same fashion that we reveal the theologies we adhere to by our actions, not by what we say they are.

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