What's this blog about, anyway?

Growing up as a pastor's kid made me very knowledgeable about the Bible. I knew all the good stories, I went to (mostly) Christian schools, and I had a handful of incredible and interesting Bible teachers at those schools. I have loved stories since the day I was born - especially fairy tales, science-fiction, and most fantasy. When I began to differentiate between fiction and fact, I was both alarmed and thrilled to discover that all of the oldest and most treasured stories were in fact...fact. 

Many people think that the Bible is an old dusty tome full of names and rules.

I mean, it kinda is... 

But that's not all! 

The whole world was cloaked in water for over a month. An army marched around the city and then YELLED - and the massive thick walls cracked and fell. A left-handed servant of God killed a bad king - and the king was so fat he lost his blade. One dude even killed 600 men with the jaw bone of a farm animal. A woman won an entire WAR by herself during a time when women were considered lowly property. Another guy spent an entire night in a hole in the ground with ravenous starved lions - and survived. God temporarily blinded someone and ended up changing their entire personality. 

By April of next year, I will be married to the coolest guy in the world. I love him so much. He grew up as a pastor's kid as well, but spent more time outside studying worms and birds than inside reading. He went to public schools and he is absolutely brilliant - but he doesn't know all of the cool stories. He knows the main ones that are the most important, but he never paid attention to the tiny details in our Book that point to incredible and seemingly-fantasy happenings. I have told him a few already, but he suggested that I teach a class on rudimentary Bible stories for grownups who didn't care for the stories when they were little. I have no time to teach a class. Even though he doesn't like to read, I have decided to start a blog.

On this blog, I will be re-writing ancient stories to make them easier to understand. I do not have special insight into the word of God, and this is NOT a replacement to digging into his own word on your own. 

The purpose of these articles is to peak an interest, stir curiosity, and maybe even vaguely entertain. I might add my own commentary from time to time, or I might not. I might write something dramatic, or something witty and cute. It might suck, or it might be useful. You might hate it, and that's totally okay.