Church Coffee has been fun (sometimes), but I’m moving to a
different site with a different look and feel. The type of content I post,
however, will not likely change very much.
One of the more common questions I get about this blog is
why I do it at all. Friends ask, “You don’t really have time for that, do you?”
Well, no, not really. Nevertheless, I think the blogosphere is where much of
our public conversation takes place. Just look at the constant stream of ideas
moving through the Methoblog site or UM-Insight, and these are just a little
slices of the blogging world. Discussions that used to take place in publicly
debates, in the editorial and “letters to the editor” sections of newspapers, and
on talk shows have now found a new and very dynamic home in the world of
blogging. Unlike these other venues, moreover, interactions in the blogosphere
take place very quickly, almost in real time.
I want to be a part of these discussions because I care very
much about the Church, The United Methodist Church in particular, and the type
of discourse in which we engage as Christians. Blogging is a way to speak to
issues that you care about. It can also be a way of modeling intellectually
virtuous dialogue (though this does not always happen). Boiled down to its most
basic function, blogging is writing, and writing has for centuries been a way
of bringing about change through the exchange of ideas.
I’ve found some real kindred spirits in the blogging world.
I’ve also run into some spirits that don’t seem to be all that kindred, and a
few who have been holding flamethrowers. That’s the world of blogging. It is a
vast, fast-moving, uncensored stream of ideas and information. If you’re
thinking about starting a blog, it can be a very rich experience, but you need
to have thick skin. It is not an undertaking for the faint of heart. If you
offer your ideas for public consumption, they will indeed be consumed.
Many thanks to Joe Graves for helping me get the
new site started. He has put some serious work into the new site and helped me
think through its layout, design, structure, etc.
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