About TruePravda
First of all, if you’re wondering what in the world “TruePravda” means, I suggest you read this early entry. With that cleared up, I suppose you’re wondering a little about who I am.
My name is Jared Bridges. It’s not a particularly common name. There are only few that appear on a Google search anyway. My first name, Jared, was somewhat problematic for me growing up. I’ve been addressed as Jerry (most common), Jarret, Gerald, Derek, and even Jason on occasion (I still don’t know where that one comes from). I’m rather happy with my name, though perhaps the happiness stems from the fact that I know people will have a hard time with it.
Enough silliness about names. You now know mine if you didn’t before, and that’s a good start. There are more important issues at hand to discuss, aren’t there? Issues like, for example, where I live, and what I do all day, and whom do I know and for what purpose I write this blog. So, as we used to say as kids when we jumped our bikes off the homemade plywood ramp, “here goes nothing!”
I work as the Director of Online Communications for a non-profit in the Washington D.C. — however, I’ll always consider myself an expatriate Tennessean. My blood runneth orange, and I have a degree to prove it. I’ve also resided in Louisville, Kentucky, where I studied at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a stellar school that challenged me intellectually, spiritually, and physically (from lifting all the books). I graduated with a Master of Divinity in Theology, having majored in Biblical and Theological Studies.
I live in northern Virginia with my beautiful wife Lori, who survives my peculiar personality with the utmost grace. It is she who encouraged me to begin this blog. We were married in 2001 in Knoxville, TN. We’ve since welcomed two children into our family who keep our time filled with much joy.
So, here are a few of the answers you may have been seeking when you clicked the “About” link. I’ll leave it to my posts to dispense any further information. It’s more fun that way anyhow.
