In the old days of writing (I say that as a 30 year old who has NEVER studied this subject matter before!) one had to have a pen and an inkwell. The pen didn’t have built in ink like we do today, and of course there were no word processors or typewriters. So you take the

pen, dip it in the ink,

and write until the ink

was off the pen. Then you repeat again and again

until finished. This

might continue for a while until you run out of ink. And “in the old days” the writer would exclaim loudly, “My ink’s run dry!” (I TOTALLY made that last part up; I don’t know if they said that, but they should have). What is the point of this post? My inkwell has run dry. I don’t have any ink in my brain right now, and can think of absolutely nothing to say (hence the absurdity of this post). It’s been quite a while since I’ve gone this long with nothing to post, but forgive me, don’t go away forever. I told someone today that I typically force myself to write. So I log on, click new post, and write; many times without an idea already in mind. Sometimes I like it and post it. Sometimes I reread it and immediately hit delete (something I’m tempted to do right now). Sometimes I just stare……………………………………. The last one, the staring option, has been where I’ve been for a week now. So, some day very soon, I will begin thinking again, and posting again, and will not be so sleepy that my thoughts drip like a broken faucet. Until then…may your ink never run dry.

A blog is a shortened form of 2 words, web and log, or weblog.  There is no standard kind of blog, so that we could say a blog has “such and such” content.  In some cases it is like an online journal. A diary of sorts that people on the internet can read.  People usually blog about things that are interesting or important to them.  There are family blogs where the blogger posts about their family, including pictures and anecdotes and insights as a parent/child/etc.  There are strictly religious blogs where people post about nothing else.  This blog is an eclectic blog.  That just means that it is a mixture of topics that I find interesting, helpful, inspiring, etc.  I’m the author and so what I find to be all of the above mentioned things is my particular preference. Sometimes I’ll write about Christianity, the Bible, God, Jesus, etc.  Other times it will be about family.  Still others are cultural, and maybe once in a blue moon political. 

If I were to appear before an audience of a million people to, let’s just say….preach.  And as I prepare my sermon, polish every sentence, study it, and then study it some more, I find that the time has arrived for me to step out onto the stage to deliver the message.  So as I’m getting dressed I pull out my oldest, holiest, dirtiest blue jeans.  My comfortable white t-shirt with stained underarms and a hole near the belly button.  My bedroom slippers.  And my old UPS American Eagle fitted hat.  I then walk out onto the stage to preach.  What happens?  Instant loss of credibility.

I’ve adjusted the look of the blog for a fresh look for the new year.  I realize the new look is much less colorful, but it’s minimal and if any word could describe my design tastes it is minimal.  I like the shades of black and grays that permeate the site.  The only ugly thing on the blog is the green from the links to the “They Said It” on the sidebar.  I don’t know how to change it.  I’ll keep trying though.  If you comment, which few do!, let me know how you like the changes.

Please! If a blog falls in the forest and no one is there to see it fall, did it really fall? So, nobody I know has access to this blog. I could post all day long for me and go back and read it. But why would I blog for myself. I’m tempted to propose that the entire church have high speed internet capabilities. But then I wouldn’t be the rural American pastor anymore would I?