I’m finding myself at a blogging crossroads. My original plan with this blog was to keep a running track of what it’s like to plant a church in my context – emerging, Vineyard, suburban, middle-class, Spirit-led. My hope is to add a practical, day-to-day voice to the emerging church discussion, to show readers what it’s like for theory and book-learnin’ to put their foot to the shovel and dig, dig, dig.
The good part is that our church feels like it’s beginning to make an impact in our community. A small, but noticeable impact. We’re gathering people here and there. God’s sending them directly to us, and our relationship building efforts are beginning to show promise.
But on the other side of this, I’m less and less able to tell stories on my blog. You know, the old “you never know who’s reading” problem. The things I think of as exasperating, as hilarious, as challening – they have peoples’ names attached, and no matter how much I try to generalize, there’s no masking who-what-when-where. I mean, with 15 people in a regular gathering, how can you?
So I find myself at a crossroads. How can I continue to provide a practical journal of our church plant, without it becoming dry and boring and irrelevant? I mean, Coop does a better job of being an information crossroads than I could ever do. And Justin does a wonderful job creating practical theological discussions. And Rachelle and Jen bring a much-needed perspective to the table – on art, creativity, femininity, social justice. If you have thoughts, leave them below.
I guess the main means in which I identify with my Gen-X peers is that we’re a generation of angst, aren’t we? 🙂
I’m out of town through this weekend with no net access, so have fun surfing elsewhere 🙂
Meanwhile, go check out Eric Keck’s story of Beth’s birthday party. Those guys are on to something big about what Kingdom life is all about. (And it’s not just beer, tattoos and hotrods, but even more than that :-)).
pat loughery 
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