I have a love/hate relationship with my blog.  I’m pretty committed to posting no less than 4 times a week, usually 5.  And I try to post stuff of substance, the best I can.   Sometimes it’s a very energizing outlet for me.  It gives me a platform to flesh out ideas in a different way than my journal does, because I’m forced to refine my thoughts until they’re coherent enough for the general public.  I’m also able to broadcast concepts that may not get airtime in a sermon.  My blog also opens a window into my life for the people who are a part of Elevation.  It provides them with access that would just be impossible otherwise.
I look at it my small investment in other leaders, and I’m always amazed at how many of you tell me that you’re refreshed, encouraged, and stretched by the things you read here.  Nothing makes me happier than to hear that. 
And the connections God has brought about for Elevation through the ministry of this blog kind of make me chuckle…I never imagined.

Other days, I regret ever starting the stupid thing.  On weeks when I have several sermons or leadership talks to prepare, a runny nose, complicated leadership decisions looming…I fantasize about hiring a ghostwriter, smashing my computer, or decrying blogging as the devil’s platform. 

But I probably won’t.  Not anytime soon, anyway.  In fact, I’ve got my core staff brainstorming ways that we can take this blog to the next level over the coming months.  To make it more helpful and insightful: for the people of Elevation, first and foremost, and to all of those who God has blessed us to minister to around the world as well.  I want to keep showing up and speaking up…it’s as good for me as it is for anyone else.

I’m not sure why I wrote this today.  Since many of you who read this blog also have a blog, maybe the purpose was to encourage you: you should probably stick with it and be as consistent as possible.  You never know what your words might mean to someone you’ll never meet.  I swear, every time I have a substantial thought about hanging it up, Lori brings a stack of emails, and on the top is an email from a staff member in Connecticut who was going to quit the ministry and didn’t-because of something they read on the blog.
So I grab the laptop, stare at the blank MS Word document, and rack my brain for the 25th time this month:
What the heck am I going to blog about today?