Nettiquete

A note to my readers...
If you are going to be an informed reader and commentor on this page, there are a few things you need to know.

1. I am not an expert.  This means that I have no credentials that make me an official theologian.  Instead, I am a student; I am a person; and I am someone who is interested in exploring all kinds of topics in life, theology, and disability studies.  I am not an expert in any of these fields, I only wish to offer my perspective and opinion, and sometimes present what I have learned and am learning from others.  If you do not agree with me on an issue I have posted, feel free to address me in a respectful manner, outlined as follows.
2.  I value all of you.  I plan to treat you as colleagues.  However, be advised that I think globally.  What I mean by this is that I give all people, ideas, perspectives, ways of thinking, sides of an issue, and belief systems a good overview and a seat at the table.  Derogatory comments about anyone, any comment, or any post without respectful, valid argument will be deleted.
3. In that vein, derogatory, defamatory, and unclean language will not be tolerated.  Comments will be deleted, and the commenters will no longer be allowed to post.  This is nonnegotiable.
4. This is not a dating site.  This is not an advocacy site.  This is not a site for rallying to causes.  This is not Facebook.  I'm not going to post your personal ad, your campaign slogan, advocate that you chain yourself anywhere, nor will you convince me to do so either.  This is a theology blog, which may or may not sometimes address the subset of disability theology.  While I am aware that

Karl Barth is said to have said: "We must hold the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other." Source

There is a time and place for advocacy and healthy political discussion.  This is not that place.

5. If you would like to suggest a topic for further exploration and/or for my opinion, please post a comment in my topic post in CAPITAL LETTERS.

6. In this blog, we will use people first language, which will be explained in my next post.

7. I may use this blog to comment on what I learn in class.  However, I would urge my fellow seminarians to explain their comments as much as possible for the other readers. :)
If I fail to live up to any of my own rules, please let me know.  I'm not afraid of you, and there is no shame for me being called out by my readers.  We're all on the same page, and we are here for the same reasons, so I hope we can reprimand each other with love and encouragement