About

The name Otagosh is a mash-up of Otago (the name of the university) and gosh. It was coined around the time I began taking courses at the aforementioned institution. It's a place to blow off a little steam and occasionally make an idiot out of myself. My name is Gavin Rumney, and the extremely modest academic qualifications for running the joint are a B.Theol (Otago) with a major in biblical studies, and a previous B.Ed (Auckland). I'm currently taking time off from academic studies to catch up on real life.

My previous ecclesial communities are the Lutheran Church of New Zealand and what is now known as Grace Communion International. Former members of the latter community are among the regular visitors here, which gives the comments section a certain flavour (sometimes bah! humbug!) you won't find on most other biblioblogs.

I believe that the things people care about they should ideally be scrupulously honest about, which means this is intended as an apologetics-free zone. A sense of humour helps too. For those who are pedantic about spelling, Otagosh alternates between American forms (because most readers come from the US), and British forms (because that's the Kiwi way) with absolutely no logical consistency.  Anything else is probably a typo.

I hope you enjoy your time here. If it's any consolation, in real life I'm much less opinionated! I can be contacted at otagosh@gmail.com