About

Welcome to my blog! I started this part of the blogosphere on 21 July, 2003. Besides salvation for my family and myself, my biggest goal is leaving the world a better place than when I entered it. 

I have a Masters Degree in Divinity after previously going to college for Business Administration, Business Science, and Computer Science. I am currently working on my Doctorate in Commissioner Science. I am a retired deacon of a Russian Orthodox Christian Church.  I am a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and was until recently blessed to work at the national offices of the BSA as their Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. I am also a published author of the high fantasy fiction series, "The Vhaidra Saga". 

Originally this blog was called "Insane Ramblings and Orthodox Ecclesiology". At the time it was a fitting name, as I had more insane ramblings than Eastern Orthodox Christian Ecclesiology (which I defined as Orthodox Christian Theology, Praxis, Dogma, & Patristics). I have had multiple specialized short-term blogs over the years, so the blog you see now also includes some of the content from those blogs including "iNicholas", "Yellow Dog iBook", "Ubuntu PowerMac", "This Too Was Dugg By...", and my old LiveJournal called, "Nikolai is Not Without".

Eventually I was blogging mostly about Orthodox Christian Ecclesiology, and as such, the blog was renamed, "Orthodox Ecclesiology and The World". The World was included in the title because I continued to occasionally blog about worldly things like my family, Scouting, exercise, dieting, health, politics, work, music, soccer (Association Football) and American Football (especially the NFL's Green Bay Packers), etc.. Years later, the name later changed yet again to "The Orthodox Scouter", as my content continued to evolve, and gained more content about Cub Scouts BSA, Boy Scouts BSA, Sea Scouts BSA, STEM Scouts BSA, Venturing BSA, Exploring BSA, Scouting BSA, and even Girl Scouts USA, but both Eastern and Ancient Western Orthodox Ecclesiology had been the largest and most fundamental part of this blog. However with the blog eventually returning to a more worldly focus, it's been renamed again to "... and the World".

The URL to this blog has also changed multiple times over the years. I likewise have changed the design often as well. I love comments and hope that you will comment on stories that you enjoy or loathe. Feedback is a gift! Again, welcome to my little part of the blogosphere. I hope you enjoy your stay! 

Opinions expressed on this blog are my own and do not necessarily represent nor have been approved/authorized by anyone else except for myself and are not necessarily my current beliefs as I have changed after many mistaken paths.