My name is Jamie Parker and I am attempting to achieve some long-term goals. I received my first master’s degree in theology in 2006 and, for the most part, I have done nothing with it. I have been “in the process of writing” several books for the last twenty years, yet I have made little progress toward a final product. I procrastinate, I hesitate, I get discouraged, and I give up. I am afraid of failure. I am afraid that I won’t be good enough and that I won’t be able to fulfill my dreams because I am not good enough and I don’t deserve it. I like to pretend that I am like David, who wanted to build the temple but was not allowed to do so because he had too much blood on his hands (1 Chronicles 22.8).

This is, of course, a way of dodging the truth. I certain of the fact that I deserve nothing from God but I am equally certain of the fact that I am a lazy procrastinator who prefers to sit around and watch movies rather than taking a chance on a dream because I could fail. So, what am I doing here? I am here to share my thoughts, to express my opinions, to engage in conversation, and to see where God will take me, or allow me to go. I love theology. I love the Bible. And, as luck would have it, I love to hear myself talk. It is my hope that I will be able to help myself and my readers come to a more clear understanding of who God is and what God wants from me/us. I will not pretend to have answers but I do have the willingness to engage questions. After all, what can we know?