This evening, I am sitting in a beautiful room at the Best Western Cotton Tree in Sandy, Utah.  Tonight, I am going to blog my thoughts in segments on the first day of the FAIR conference.   When I arrived at the conference room this morning, I noticed first of all the sign in the side aisle:  “Rabble-Rousers will be escorted out by the Danite Committee.”  Uh-oh, I thought to myself, the committee is on to me, watching my every move.  I guess one particular LDS blogger has already humorously experienced the inspections of the Danites, today.  Would there be any hope for a southeastern Idaho Baptist preacher to make it through the day without ending up in handcuffs?

I didn’t know for sure.  That is . . . until, fellow blogger, Kerry Shirts, came up to me with a big ol’ grin on his face.

Let me begin by introducing to you the speakers of this conference.  You will find that Scott Gordon and the other members of FAIR did not just select any average, intermountain redneck for these sessions.  Maybe that is the reason why they didn’t ask me to speak . . .

But nontheless, stay tuned . . . I have a lot to share.