I have recently become more acutely aware of the impact of my web presence — for better or for worse. While I have on occasion considered abandoning the enterprise altogether, I have decided that I am far too entrenched in the world wide web and will continue blogging for the foreseeable future. I will just have to give up any aspirations that I ever had of running for President (Note: I will finally be age eligible this September).

In an effort to add content and make Transformatum more interactive, I would like to see what kind of interest you might have with a feature called “Ask an Elder.” The inspiration comes from Ben Gray’s “Ask a Minister,” which in turn came about because of Strong Bad and Ask a Ninja. Ben has encouraged me to go for it and also noted that someone is doing a similar feature on his site called “Ask a Quaker.”

The intent of “Ask an Elder” would be to take questions about faith and vision and provide an honest and thoughtful response. Humor may well be involved, as I do have a sarcastic streak, but the main goal will be to answer the question to the best of my ability. A couple Q&A’s that have happened on Transformatum already came from Joanna (here and here).

I do happen to be an ordained elder (a.k.a., presbyter) in the PCA. If you know me then that is rather shocking, is it not? I am still waiting for the call saying that they made a mistake. The flip side, as any good church officer will tell you, is that the process of sanctification is continual and learning never stops. A Christian should never think that he has arrived. In fact, I fully expect to be sharpened, enlightened and mostly humbled by the venture.

So what say you? Don’t let the Baptists and Quakers corner the podcast market! Leave me a comment if you think it is a good idea. If you want to “ask a question” for the first installment, then please use the contact form.