Tracy, these are some really interesting thoughts and very much appreciated; but they will take a little while to digest. My inclination is to leave things as they are for now and see how it goes, but will keep your comments in mind.

I will, however, respond briefly to the following:

Also, it is my experience that every project needs a "sparkplug," an igniting force that causes combustion that keeps the pistons moving up and down and the engine running. My guess is that this particular function has proven to require far more time, energy and involvement than you, Andrew, anticipated.

The ‘sparkplug’ argument makes good sense - and perhaps I have underestimated the extent to which OST been kept going by my regular input. But I am still left with the feeling that there is something dishonest about pushing my consistent narrative-realist argument under the rubric of an ‘open source’ or ‘emerging’ theology. It’s not that the editorial demands of the site are too demanding. It’s simply that I feel uncomfortable about being such a dominant voice in what is ostensibly a collaborative project - not least when I have got sucked into some arduous and repetitive defences of the thesis.

I find it invidious, for example, having to decide which posts are given prominence on the front page and which remain in the ‘Other recent posts’ category. It’s too easy for me to give my own material prominence and relegate other stuff to the second rank. By relocating much of my own material elsewhere I feel I can take a more objective attitude towards the contributions of others, and perhaps in the process broaden the scope and appeal of the site.