Ok… now that Jesus For President is over, I’ve been trying to think about what i need to do with this blog. I’ve come up with three ideas for it that keep coming back around, so I need some help.
1. I’ve been thinking about taking a sabbatical from blogging and then come back doing the same type of thing I was doing before we started the J4P community series.
2. I liked the J4P series and having the community of differing voices heard about the book, although there are a few things I’d change- like not dragging it out over 2+ months(I think it would be better to have put out posts back to back rather than every other day). So, I’m thinking this could be a place to discuss different books throughout the year. There are many reasons why this may not work, but I’d love to hear your thoughts or even books that might be of interest to the larger community.
3. It is time to kill it! For those who don’t know, the Underwoods are in major life transition right now. This is a difficult thing for me to think about because I have felt this a safe place to wrestle with many of the questions that I have. I have had to take the time to write out my thoughts as i write them down in a way that birthed new hope in me at a time when the wilderness was feeling eternal. I started this blog with the title ‘Hope like Mad” because I believed that there had to be more than what I had been sold. I have found this to be true thanks to many of you who have walked beside me with your comments, encouragements and critiques.
So, what do you think? Or do you have a different idea for this blog? I’d love to hear you thoughts! thanks -b
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I would love to see the blog stay, in any capacity, but then I’m an obsessed blog person!
If you have time to keep it up (with the changes happening) more discussion would be great. I’ve enjoyed it.
I enjoy your blogging and would love to have you keep going regardless of if it’s here or at a group blog. Maybe we should start a new blog that like minded people in Richmond could all post to similar to the Jesus Manifesto site but on a smaller scale and focused on Richmond. What do you think?
you already know how i feel, but i’ll make it public:
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you don’t get to sucker me into blogging and then get to quit!
love the blog. keep the discussions going! i enjoy reading your insights on current issues (theologically and culturally), books, doubts and fears, etc…
still not sure what I’m going to do… but for now, I’m going to take a short break and try to reinvent this maybe.
just found blog…based on JFP….anyway that we can create community and wrestle with faith and live issues, I believe, is what Jesus wants us to do in this modern day…although, my life is busy, as everyone’s is…i enjoy interchange of deep ideas that bounce around in my soul…that said…I am not the best at regular posting…but will do what I can to support the community and free exchange of ideas…
Grace and Peace to all
Rick
P.S. to all who made the JFP tour possible in Richmond…thank you..!
I’m up for the book discussion idea.