Time to Get My Feet Wet; Confessions of a First Time Blogger

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13

Finally! I've finally decided to venture into the unknown and strangely unfamiliar world of "blogging."

It's been a long time coming for me. As a pastor of over 28 years now, I've been writing sermons, bible lessons, training material, articles, letters, and such for a long time. And even though I like to take some pride in the fact that I've been fairly computer/Internet savvy since they were first introduced to ministers and churches in the early 80's, (at least computers), I have for some reason shied away from blogging.

I've also enjoyed the benefits of reading other blogs from time to time. Almost daily I pull up someone's blog and amusingly enjoy the verbal pecking away some friend, family member, or ministry associate has created. Other than simple enjoyment from reading the blogging community, I also greatly benefit from the challenging thinking and relevant writing from my colleagues in the ministry. So I know the value of blogs.

So why not? Why not try my hand at it. Maybe someone will tune in and gain a small bit of amusement from my words and thoughts.

My biggest fear and thus one of the inhibitors of my own blogging is that I will not be consistent with my blogging. I find myself often starting something new only to stop before I really should. I'm sure I am the only one who ever does such a thing. Oh well....

Here I go anyway. Getting my feet wet for the first time with this blog thing.

I will make one promise. My blogs will be considerable shorter than my sermons!