Last year I had a class run by this guy (Mark Sayers) on practical evangelism. I now find out he blogs every so often. Some very interesting stuff about youth related mission.
Category: <span>Blogging</span>
It’s always pretty exciting when I hit on a new blog that I really want to keep tabs on.
As you might know, I’m a pretty regular reader of the Boundless Webzine – which I find thoroughly thought provoking and often bring up their content. They play a large part in giving my mind/heart a poke which usually results in something I share on here.
So much to my delight, this morning’s check of my email bought to my attention that Boundless are going “Live”. They’re starting a blog. This means more ‘articles’, more often. Whoop-de-doo!
While I’m talking about blogs, I might as well give you an insight into a few more that I’ve noticed recently.
The Rebelution (yep it’s aimed at teens but an interesting line up of articles and posts here)
Between Two Worlds (only noticed this one today, apparently it’s got a good rap.)
My Life as a Christian (not sure how long this one will last on my rss, but something must have caught my eye or it wouldn’t have made it there)
Jason Clark (conversations about church)
Missionary Blogs (I had a bit of a laugh -and I’m allowed to, because I was subject to this situation- but if you want to keep tabs on some stuff going on around the world, its probably not a bad place to start)
and some that I’ve been reading for a while now
Pro-Blogger (If you blog you should possibly read this now and then)
Waiter Rant (For a laugh)
Out of Ur (For reading when I’m not tired because there is some fantastic stuff here – it just requires a bit of brain)
Girl Talk
Solo Femininity
and all that saying, my blogging’ness really is very passive. I read and seldom comment – something I should redeem.
Please, please share any good ones.
Good bloggers don’t keep track of how many people visit, but I’ve been watching one of my stat counters (the newer one) and it’s just tipped 3,000. Three cheers for All Said and Done. Which is fairly impressive and mabye probably a lot inaccurate. But it’s a big number, and I like big numbers…sometimes.
This time last year I posted the angry version of Shout to the Lord.
Which gives me a really good excuse to link through to Christina’s post on prayer because I like it lots and I’ve been meaning to mention it ever since it got caught in my bloglines.
The evil assignment is pretty much done. Except three diagrams. My budget section… well, I could’ve possibly done that better. It’s a royal pain being a perfectionist sometimes, you work so hard on the other bits (Even if you do leave them until the last day) to just get the wording right and if you can’t do that all the way through, you feel like you’ve let the rest of what you’ve done down. Budget bits are numbers I probably grossly underestimated, I have no idea how much things should cost…. :\ didn’t I just say I liked big number. What a prime example of just how it doesn’t work! Blah.
…and so what if the picutre shows some random cartoon man counting music, it looks like numbers!
Threats towards my blogging come in several forms, usually somewhat like the following:
“Hurry up and post or else…”
“Your blog font is too small”
“You write too much”
I don’t know if this is seeking to redeem any of them, but as got mentioned today, people might start seriously thinking I’m missing so I decided I’d better post (IT’S ONLY BEEN ONE DAY!)
You will also notice, or the strain on your eyes will have lessened and I’m about to tell you why: the font has been upsized! Please feel free to comment on the betterment or the uglyness of this ‘trial choice’.
As for stating my case why I haven’t posted. I have an assignment due mid-day tomorrow which is still very much in the process of being completed (hence more procrastination on here). I have been getting home late, due to spending time with marvellous people, at least one of which I’d rather spend time with than blog.
I am sorely sorry I didn’t have some kind of recording device on me last night, because we were at young ad’s after and TimO/Geoff/Tom and I were in a group praying for eachother and talking some stuff through re: life. And Tim was doing his Mr. Analysis thing on what I’d just said and worded quite well where I am at. As for all of it, I’m still processing what I cannot grasp, and as a wise friend pointed out, perhaps it’s time for me to relinquish a bit more of that control (that’s a very big paraphrase).
When I’m sitting in my room or simply alone there are things people simply don’t see or I don’t let them see. From a vast number of really strange facial expressions, to reactions to events, news or otherwise, and reactions to say, something God shoves in my face.
So the following – if you’d care to have a sneak preview into a random Bec expression, had me saying, “wow, wow, wow” and looking like a fool, quite to myself especially as it was quite out of the blue.
“Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done.” Colossians 2:7 (NLT)
What ‘letting my roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him’ exactly means for me I’m not so sure. Is it a two step phase? If so, where am I at the moment? The growing down? The drawing up?
Something I do recall being said the other night and something I’ve been getting the idea of, is that God is quite intentionally pushing me down a slightly different route to how I’m used to experiencing him/knowing him/loving him. It’s a bittersweet thing (more bitter than sweet) to kiss goodbye to my brain and intense thought workings and hand it over to the foreign arena of what I might dub, ‘the feeling zone’ or even simply: experience. So, I sort of know where things are at.
My question to God is: “I know I’m in the canoe… when can I have a paddle?”
(and the photo is simply an example of a weird facial expression, if you thought I was just making things up!)
Why the blogs are dry at the moment: THEORY ONE
Person: When I had people to talk to, I had no use for the blog, I couldn’t be bothered.
Bec: I had lots of people to talk to and still blogged.
Bec: It’s almost as if God is in someway trying to shove me into ‘experience’ rather than thought
Person: Oo well why dont you blog about your experiences?
Bec: No just generally. I do blog about experiences
Bec:I dont know, is this a ‘learn to feel’ properly time?
WHO KNOWS!!!!
*sniggers at lameness*
…more to come, someday?