
Thoughts
& Theology
with Rick Beckman.
Meet Rick
I lived Christianity (as a Baptist → Nazarene → Presbyterian → Brethren). Then I tried putting it behind me (as an atheist).
Yet here I am, years later, unable to escape thoughts about Christianity, and believing that so much in our world could be better with better understanding of it.
I’m a father, a fiancé, and kind of a dork, but I overthink everything, perhaps especially faith!

Why read here?
Respect
No impersonal ads, no invasive tracking, no pop-ups, no nags. I kick it old school around here because the new school internet treats visitors like a commodity.
You aren’t.
Honesty
I’ve been earnestly attempting to understand the Bible since just about the start of the millennium. I’ve been wrong plenty. I may be wrong now. Let’s find truth together.
Genuineness
If you’re annoyed by how fake everything seems thanks to influencer culture and over-zealous search-engine optimization and AI-generated content, then we have that in common. All my content is mine, not the machines’.