And now for another installment of "Too Many Comments to Respond To All, So Here's One All-Encompassing Blog Post".

I might have to work on that title.

First, I must tell you that I continue to be honored and humbled by the creative community that continues to grow and develop around me.  The entries into the Apocablog challenge have been truly inspiring and exactly the kind of raw creativity that I've so desperately wanted to be surrounded by.

Thank you.

In my last post, I was actually unsure of where I came down on that whole issue of "I'll pray for you" and the severity of my comments.  To address Ibrahim's question in the comments, the whole situation sparked a conversation outside the interwebs ... it wasn't about your comments as the discussion took place before you posted your thoughts.  I mention this because as important as my internet life is, rarely does it wind up being the subject have legitimate conversations in my "real" life.

Know what I mean?

My point is that despite my trepidation in broaching this subject (and religion in general) I've found your comments and all the resulting conversations to be very encouraging and supportive.

Again, thank you.

This particular dialogue on "I'll pray for you" ended up resonating so strongly with me, that when Tripp posted his series of comments and wrapped things up by asking, essentially, what can the creative community do to shake people from narrow trenches of their preconceived world views (I'm paraphrasing) I felt the immediate need to post a video about the subject ... which I did.  After I attempted to tape it.  Twice.  And then edited about twenty-five minutes of footage down to ten.

It's a little rambly.

But the fact that I never post a video like that should tell you how important it was to me.  Or something.

Maybe I'm just really bored.

Finally, it came to my attention that in previous posts where I linked to my brother's website, a few of you actually clicked over and either left a comment or emailed him directly.  I say one or the other because there are no comments to be found on his website which means you never posted a comment and just emailed him OR you did post a comment and he's summarily deleted all comments that even slightly contradict his opinion.

Please confirm or deny these events in the comments below ... and if you did leave a comment on his website that was subsequently censored into oblivion (read: deleted), feel free to repost it (or the gist of it) below, as this will end up serving as the subject of our next weekly debate series.

Essentially, posting something on the internet that allows for public commentary and then censoring said commentary that was invited in the first place.

And we all say "Hmmmmmm!"

(Photo credit goes to Denitson777--another installment of "Krumbine's Books in their Natural Habitats"!  Also, I owe a HUGE thanks to Denitson for helping me earn my first remission's check for my books when he purchased a copy of the EotU novel the other day.  Thank you!)

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