{"id":2959,"date":"2014-10-03T06:40:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T13:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2015-05-14T07:32:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T14:32:49","slug":"hello-readers-please-allow-me-to-introduce-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2014\/10\/03\/hello-readers-please-allow-me-to-introduce-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, Readers! Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kim was already kind enough to welcome me formally<\/a> to Our Thoughts, but I wanted to take a moment to tell you a little bit more about myself.<\/p>\n

My name is Daniel Faris. I’m 25 years old and I live in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I graduated from the Writers Institute at Susquehanna University in 2011. I’ve been making my living as a freelance journalist and ghostwriter ever since, as well as helping out with the marketing efforts of local businesses like Kramer CAT<\/a>\u00a0and more nationally recognized brands such as Earbits<\/a>.\u00a0My work has appeared on Forbes, the London School of Economics & Political Science<\/a>, and a number of pop culture blogs.<\/p>\n

I’ve come to Our Thoughts to share my musings\u00a0and experiences as a struggling Christian. I grew up attending church, but have always had difficulty applying the tenets of faith to my life in a practical, personal way. My years at college also saw me drifting further from the church and from faith in general.<\/p>\n

I’ve flirted with atheism throughout the years. I’ve doubted and wondered whether there was any room in my life for the God my parents taught me to fear\u00a0when I was a child.<\/p>\n

And, yes, I still doubt. Regularly. But faith is nothing without doubt to compare it with, yes?<\/p>\n

As for my intentions for the site, I plan to share, in my time here, some of the ways that my faith has, in turns, been tested and reaffirmed over the years.<\/p>\n

I’ll also make a point of exploring faith through the lens of modern music. I listen almost exclusively to secular artists these days, and\u00a0I’m continually surprised to find theological discussions in the most unlikely places.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I suppose that’s a suitable introduction for now. \u00a0I’ll be back soon for my inaugural post: a look at a former death metal band whose discovery of the phrase “musically uninhibited” has given their music\u00a0a thoughtfulness and a renewed clarity of purpose.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, feel free to connect with me on Twitter<\/a> and Google+<\/a>, or stop by my music blog, The Sound of Progress<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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