It's a rainy Monday and I'm not completely over what I think is a bout of pneumonia. But I'm feeling better...fever broke Saturday night and my alma mater won its first conference hoops game Sunday, poised to assume a #1 national ranking.

Moreover, I saw something that really brought a smile to my face this morning -- a refridgerator magnet:
Jesus Is Cool but Some of His followers Give me the Creeps
http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/468

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I guess this is as good a way to start belief/faith blogging as any. Hi. I'm Mark Hutchinson. I'm a neighbor of Paul and Gina. I'm 51 years old and a North Carolina native. You'll learn more about me as I post. In the coming months, I hope to post many entries -- some serious and some, like this one, more humorous. I accept the probability that I will offend some readers in my posts, but that will never be my primary intention.

My posting goals:

• to create prose that makes you think about your own beliefs and faith as much as I do when I create my blog entries
• to distinguish fact from opinion
• to source and cite my references
• to create some permanent resource for my god son, Hamilton, when he is ready to understand faith and belief.

Happy New Year,

Mark