I'm Having an Identity Crisis
No, not me actually, I'm fine. My blog, however, is going through a mid-life crisis.
When I began Espresso Roast two years ago, I was in the doctoral program at Southern, working on an apologetics and worldviews degree. I was focused on worldview issues and had plenty of time to write about them. Now...not so much.
So, the question is, what's next? Whereas before I was embedded in issues related to politics, ethics and current events, now I find myself doing all I can to take care of a relatively small group of people in order to get them to reach out to a much larger group of people, engaging in missions and becoming the church in the world.
Clearly, the Church needs to (must) engage in cultural and worldview issues. We need to be culturally aware and relevant to the world around us. Those are things I'm still ready and willing to engage in, but not sure if it's something I need to still be writing about regularly; not sure if readers are wanting that.
That's where you come in. It's really not being narcissistic of me to think it really matters what I'm doing or writing about. I simply know there are some who are still subscribed here and read the one or two entries I seem to be making every several weeks, so I'd love your help in determining what this blog is going to become or if it's going to even keep going.
On the one hand, I'd like to keep writing on the same subjects as before. However, when I first started, the majority of the people who read this seemed to be non-Christians. That's not really the case anymore and the reality is I don't seem to have as much time to dedicate to it as I did. If it matters, I'll keep writing, but I don't really have much time to write just to stick a post up. Make sense?
So that brings us to the other hand. Is there a way I can deal with the same type of issues from a more pastoral perspective or should I (assuming I keep writing here) begin to reshape the blog into something else?
Alright, so if you're reading this you have an opinion (or you wouldn't read blogs, right?). What is it? Help me out here. What would you like to see? What types of stuff do you like to read? What's not being written about? Yada, yada, yada. Either leave a comment or drop me a private email.
When I began Espresso Roast two years ago, I was in the doctoral program at Southern, working on an apologetics and worldviews degree. I was focused on worldview issues and had plenty of time to write about them. Now...not so much.
So, the question is, what's next? Whereas before I was embedded in issues related to politics, ethics and current events, now I find myself doing all I can to take care of a relatively small group of people in order to get them to reach out to a much larger group of people, engaging in missions and becoming the church in the world.
Clearly, the Church needs to (must) engage in cultural and worldview issues. We need to be culturally aware and relevant to the world around us. Those are things I'm still ready and willing to engage in, but not sure if it's something I need to still be writing about regularly; not sure if readers are wanting that.
That's where you come in. It's really not being narcissistic of me to think it really matters what I'm doing or writing about. I simply know there are some who are still subscribed here and read the one or two entries I seem to be making every several weeks, so I'd love your help in determining what this blog is going to become or if it's going to even keep going.
On the one hand, I'd like to keep writing on the same subjects as before. However, when I first started, the majority of the people who read this seemed to be non-Christians. That's not really the case anymore and the reality is I don't seem to have as much time to dedicate to it as I did. If it matters, I'll keep writing, but I don't really have much time to write just to stick a post up. Make sense?
So that brings us to the other hand. Is there a way I can deal with the same type of issues from a more pastoral perspective or should I (assuming I keep writing here) begin to reshape the blog into something else?
Alright, so if you're reading this you have an opinion (or you wouldn't read blogs, right?). What is it? Help me out here. What would you like to see? What types of stuff do you like to read? What's not being written about? Yada, yada, yada. Either leave a comment or drop me a private email.
Labels: David C. Price
posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 2/22/2007 04:54:00 AM
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4 Comments:
I say write about what you want to write about and/or feel led to write about. Attempting to please an audience, especially one so fickle as bloggers and blog-readers, will turn this more in to a job. That is, unless you just want another job.
As far as what I like to read, well pretty much anything.
What's not being written about? Well, not to be a smart alleck - which I am - but it's whatever you're not writing about. You never know when something that's common sense and obvious to you will pop a light bulb in somebody else's head. For the record, that's happened a few times here for me.
Being a student and working myself, I know that blogging for me comes and goes; sometimes, I'd rather just let everybody else say it, other times my wife forces me to write it so she doesn't have to hear it anymore.
I don't know if I've helped or not, but there you go.
Thanks for taking the time to give me your thoughts...they are helpful.
I enjoy blogs like your recent one about what a servant of Jesus looks like. It's those kinds of "Ok - I get it now" moments that people remember. When the Lord puts something like that on your heart and you are able to express it, then others can "get it" too.
David,
Let me start off by saying that you are the man! Just don't let it go to your head.:)As your Co-Pastor(I keep giving myself promotions by the way), I am interested in the things that the "flock" needs to hear. I absolutely loved the post you gave a couple of weeks ago on being a true follower of Jesus. That one really hits hard, and I think that's what we need. If you just continue to write about the things that God lays on your heart whether that be worldviews, apologetics, or more of a Sunday sermon- that's what will also hit us the most.
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