One rarely knows what is good for us and what is bad. Therefore if we knowingly put ourselves in the hands of Almighty, whatever happens must be deemed good. And I try literally to follow that precept.
Gandhi, "Letter to Francesca Standenath", April 1947

Who is Robert C. Fischer?

Robert C. Fischer is a student at Duke Divinity School, where he is particularly interested in the theological traditions of the Old Testament. He is also very interested in new media and in improving communication between religious scholars and the wider religious communities.

He is also a Conservative Quaker and a member at the Durham Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends. Robert is a committed Christian, but is interested in enacting a loving commitment to God and not particularly worried about doctrinal debates. He believes that knowledge of God has an end goal in understanding how best to enact that loving commitment, and this blog explores that connection.

In a previous life, Robert was a very active software development consultant, working under the name Smokejumper IT and invested in Agile development, polyglot development, and functional programming languages. Now and again, he posts on those topics over on the EnfranchisedMind blog.