I launched my blog on September 11, 2005. In fact my first domain was www.spiritstimulant.com because I thought to use my own name was to vane. Maybe it is.
Some of my posts are a simple “here’s a brief look into my life” and others are thoughtful vignettes of ideology that I’m processing. It’s in the later that I take extra time to write in such a way as to use a few words as possible but communicate deeply. For me, it’s really about getting better at writing because there’s at least 3 books that I feel led to write someday.
There’s a couple big time “Christian” bloggers” (“christian” is a lousy adjective but that’s another post) that are giving up their blogs. One for lent and the other indefinitely (he’ll be back).
I applaud them in their conviction to lay aside their blog to pursue Christ more intently and I pray that they find all the grace, love and hope that is theirs in Christ.
In the meantime, now is our chance to jockey for position.
I take my blog seriously. It’s my little piece of real estate in the shrinking WWW. In fact, I owned “ScottHarris.org” for at least 3 or 4 years before I ever started to use it and don’t tell my family but I own their names as well (you should own yours if it’s still available).
But…I never plan to sell ads or make money off it and I don’t want to be known as a blogger.
I have no desire to be that guy who gets invited to the conference to blog about what the speakers say, whose there and what their wearing.
My focus is making the waves. A difference in people’s lives through local church leadership/multiplication and helping to empower the generation coming behind me.
Should I ever find myself with a platform to influence then I would be honored. But this blog is not my “ticket in” but a “record of”.
Actually, I have been focusing on some lifestyle adjustments that will help me reach some family, physical, academic and ministerial goals that I’ve set for myself and my blogging rhythm has suffered.
You can’t tell from my lack of posting but I really do take this blog seriously. I love to write and this place helps to hone those skills.
Anyways, I need to work on the rhythm so I can script the rhyme.
Just in case your browsing through my archives, I thought I’d let you know that most of the posts with pictures no longer exist (the pictures). That is my only regret about the switch to WordPress. I plan to go through the posts slowing to rebuild the images if I still have them on my hard drive.
