In February Beth and I went to London for a few nights. We like London. I would like to live there one day, perhaps. Unoriginally, I like the busy-ness, the pace of life, the fact that there are so many people there. But I also like the quietness you can find there.
I’ve reprocessed a few favourite photos from our trip.
I want to be an editor.
I spot mistakes so easily. Spelling/grammar mistakes on television. Mistyped words in my wife’s thesis.
I just have to look at a sentence and I can spot a tiny mistake straight away.
So with that said, I’m going to look into what I need to do to become an editor.
Or, I’ll just stick with teaching, for now. Perhaps I could freelance edit.
Does anybody have any stuff they want looking at?
This is a great list by John Saddington (churchcrunch.com and human3rror.com).
After the list: Why I blog.
20 Assumptions as a Christian Blogger
1. It’s safe to assume that you will probably never make a full-time living off of being a Christian Blogger.
2. It’s safe to assume that you will be misunderstood theologically from pretty much every camp, including your own.
3. It’s safe to assume that you will never have the “numbers” like a secular blog does that may in fact cover the same scope and content.
4. It’s safe to assume that your family, friends, fellow staff members, congregation, and pretty much everyone has or is reading your blog.
5. It’s safe to assume that your pastor has read your blog (and has some thoughts about it).
6. It’s safe to assume that God doesn’t need you to be a blogger.
7. It’s safe to assume that you aren’t blogging about something that’s entirely original, both in coverage of content and theologically.
8. It’s safe to assume that you’re probably not doing good enough of a job attracting non-Christians to your obviously overly-Christian blog.
9. It’s safe to assume that if you’re blogging under a pseudonym that you will ultimately and inevitably be discovered.
10. It’s safe to assume that you’re going to have to work harder, smarter, and better to increase your readership than in other industries.
11. It’s safe to assume that much of your readership is probably technologically backwards, to varying degrees.
12. It’s safe to assume that you’ll eventually question whether it is “God’s Will” for you to be a blogger.
13. It’s safe to assume that you’re not as good of a blogger as you’d like to think that you are.
14. It’s safe to assume that pride is ultimately not a sustainable mechanism for success in Christian Blogging, so probably best to ditch it.
15. It’s safe to assume that your blog design looks light years behind the industry standard for taste, appeal, and quality, so you probably should spend more time (and money) on it.
16. It’s safe to assume that some people will actually be impressed with you and it’s your job to remind them that you’re just as human as they are.
17. It’s safe to assume that the world would be just as bad (or good) without your blog content. See #6 again.
18. It’s safe to assume that people will misinterpret your motivations for being a Christian Blogger.
19. It’s safe to assume that God intends to use the web and blogs to further His Gospel Message, be encouraged.
20. It’s safe to assume that God will get His Glory regardless of whether you’re a blogger or not; whether you blog about Him or not.
Originally blogged by John Saddington at churchcrunch.com.
So, I blog because I’ve blogged for years. I’ve been blogging since 2003, and am not about to stop. I’m sure many people that I don’t know about have read my blog (including my pastor(s)) and my family and many others. And obviously I’m fine with that. Why wouldn’t I be? Blogs are in the public domain to be read. If you’re not happy with that, then don’t blog!
Also, I love blogging because it creates discussion, even on a small scale. I have no ambition to become as big a blogger as *insert name here*. I don’t want fame, I don’t need affirmation.
It’s an interesting idea, blogging. People are famous who actually have no right to be famous, apart from the fact they have a blog. It’s a strange concept. I’ll never get it.
But I enjoy blogging. So here stays daviddave.com.
Church tonight was about communion, which is why we’ve been talking about this over the weekend. The main issue we tweeted about yesterday was “can/should unbelievers take communion?” It started a lot more conversation than I thought it would, and obviously isn’t so clear cut in many people’s minds as it is in mine. But then, I’ve always been pretty black and white. I don’t think that’s a good thing, but in some cases it certainly is. I digress.
So, there were seven main points in the talk tonight. As follows:
The Meaning of the Lord’s Supper (taking communion):
1) Christ’s death
2) Our participation in the benefits of Christ’s death
3) Spiritual nourishment
4) Unity of believers
5) Christ affirms his love for us
6) Christ affirms that all of the blessings of salvation are reserved for us
7) I affirm my faith in Christ
And I’ll leave it there. I have more to say, which I will probably podcast tomorrow. Do comment on the above points. Tonight’s preach wasn’t really about whether unbelievers should take communion or not. It was touched upon, with the main conclusion being that a) it’s pointless in them doing so, and b) as the Bible says it really is potentially dangerous if they do. That’s not denying that unbelievers can experience God’s grace and forgiveness, but it is saying that communion is only for disciples of Jesus.
More later.
