Comment Policy

One of the reasons we have a blog at St. Paul's is we love discussions and open public forums to discuss issues. We also love to hear people's stories, questions, suggestions, ideas, and reactions. In many respects, the blog is an open window into life at St. Paul's.

If you are part of our community, this is an opportunity to connect and engage. If you are checking out St. Paul's, the blog is a great way to get a feel for who we are. If you live far away, we welcome you to our blog and appreciate your input and ideas as part of our broader virtual community.

Here are just a few ground rules for commenting on the blog:

1. Ideas
The blog is an open exchange of ideas. Feel free to discuss, challenge, and propose your own ideas. We like ideas and think all ideas should be subject to discussion and challenge. It just makes them better.

2. Stories
We also love stories. We love personal stories of what God is doing in your life, what you are learning, etc. Feel free to post your stories.

3. Names
Community is about people and relationships. For this reason we have decided to not allow anonymous comments. People have a funny way of getting a bit nasty and mean spirited when they are allowed to post anonymously and we don't want that. So anonymous comments (or ones under made up names or email addresses) will be deleted.

4. Civility
Civility is the rule for all discussions. No name calling, baiting, or personal attacks. It is in the complete discretion of the moderator when someone has crossed the line from civility to incivility. When that line is crossed, your comment will be deleted. If it becomes a continuing problem. we will ban you from commenting.

5. Public
The blog is (obviously) a public forum intended for public dialogue. Things better suited to private conversation--such as but not limited to personal conflicts, in-house strategic discussions, calendaring issues, membership issues, etc--should be handled in person and in private. Additionally, issues around personal conflict should be resolved using he principles outlined in Matthew 18:15-20.

If you have any questions or want to contact us directly, please email admin[at]stpaulswired[dot]org.

Thanks and enjoy the blog!