Why Nicea?

As I relax on another beautiful Sunday afternoon I thought it approporiate to write about how this blog's name came to be. It's amazing how many blogs are written about how to write a blog and what to blog about. I have chosen a combination of topics, some about my life, some about my opinions and some about observations and reporting, like the piece I did on unredeemed gift card profits. I do hope you enjoy reading as much as I do writing.

But back to where the name came from.

The Council of Nicea (which is the modern spelling on Nicaea) was essentially a congress of Bishops from around the world in the year 325 in which crucial components of Christianity were quite literally "decided". The fact that church doctrine and canon was simply put to a vote has been interesting to me ever since I found out about the Gospel of Thomas and what was found at nag-hammadi.

I encourage you to read about the First Council of Nicea here. You also may be interested to read about what was found at http:Nag Hammadi in Egypt.

Moreso though I think of Nicea as a metaphor for opinion, which is what I give here. Therefore this blog includes lots of posts about things I have decided on for myself. Sure I include things about my day to day life, but Nicea, to me is about opinion and decision.