I’ve noticed something over the past year or so that bothered me in the past but now I find kind of funny. If I see an incoming link to my blog, I will try to check where it was coming from and what caused the link. More often than not when someone links to my blog they will offer a disclaimer along the lines of, “I don’t agree with everything Sallie says, but I liked this post about….” I don’t really see this when people link to other blogs so I’m guessing for some reason people think that they have to be really clear that they don’t agree with me on everything. And yet they come here for some reason. I told David that I’m going to put a subheader on my blog title that says something like “The Christian woman’s guilty pleasure”. 🙂
Ok, so what’s my point. Karen remarked partially in fun and partially in seriousness on the spanking post, “Sallie, you DO like to stir the pot. don’t you?”
No, I do not. I do not stir the pot for the sake of stirring the pot. My goal in writing about these topics and initiating these discussions is not to create drama or controversy. It really is because I do like to hear what people think and find people fascinating in general. I also like the fact that I get to learn from a great cross section of wise and experienced women. I don’t stir to stir. I do like to peek in the pot, discuss the ingredients, and determine the best way to cook and serve the potted dish when it is done. KWIM?
Here is the difference put another way. I don’t post here to teach women how to clean out their closets. I don’t do these great posts with before and after pictures. I’m glad there are women who feel called to do that stuff because there is a need for it.
No, I don’t want to teach women how to clean their closets. I want to help women think about why their closet is a mess and what they can do to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
In the same way, I’m not here to persuade women to have one baby and baptize it. I do want women to think about why they have the children they do, why they baptize or don’t baptize them and why other lovely Christian women might make a different choice.
I’m not here to tell women whether to work, how to school their children, what to wear, and whether or not they should wear a doily on their head or put their hands in the air when they worship. I am here to encourage women to be convinced before God that they are doing His will and while taking every thought captive to God they are also taking every action captive to God. Have I arrived and do I do all these things perfectly? I certainly think not. But I enjoy the company of the women who gather here while I try to figure these things out in my own life.
So I’m offering this disclaimer: WARNING: THINKING WOMEN CONGREGATE HERE!!! 🙂
if you like older tales, older style illustrations, and generally beautiful artwork in a day of edgy children’s literature.