After a long sabbatical (somewhat intentional), I am hoping to return to the blogosphere.

However, I’m starting over on topics so I will not be continuing the previous topics. Sad. But not really.

Writing is difficult enough for me without having to conjure up massive thought processes in an internet-friendly format. I have decided that simply writing whatever comes to me will suffice instead.

This a part of a refocusing I’ve gone through lately. Working with PUSH has gradually attuned me more to the requirements of my career and what I need to focus on right now. I have concluded that mastering a specific writing style is not one of those things.

You may ask why I’m bothering to blog again in that case. Good question.

I am hoping to do several things now:

1. Get some thoughts out here that I can’t let loose elsewhere. Be prepared for questions and unfinished thought processes.
2. Use this as a means to update people who are supporting me financially. I’m starting to send out support letters and make phone calls as I move into full-time ministry with PUSH. In addition to regular letters and emails, I hope to use this as a contact point for my supporters to keep up with what is happening on a more regular basis.
3. Have a bit more fun with the website. I have discovered that guilt is a horrible motivator for me. Guilt leads to shame, shame leads to doubt, doubt leads to me sitting on my rear staring at a blank ‘Write Post’ screen. Seeing this as neither productive nor healthy, I have decided that I will not feel the need to make this a ‘formal’ feeling blog. E.g. planning topics will now be a ‘no-no’ and things will be more like current events. The hope is that this makes the writing more readable than my more formal writing style.

Blah.

That’s all for now! I’ll be back in a few days after I get caught up on my personal journaling. I just filled one journal and have extended the period of mourning until this Friday when I will start a new journal (Friday’s my birthday, so I figure that’s an auspicious time to begin writing in a new journal).

My new journal is pretty spiffy: it has a magnetic flap to close it up and a Chinese symbol on it (a black symbol over a black cover! It’s awesome!). It competes pretty well with my old one: a Florentine leather journal (bought in Florence) with a tie-string. The new guy definitely has a modern chic-ness about him that counters the old-school feel of the old guy.

Just so ya know…

Later peeps!