August 16, 2014

  • On Christian Posting

    I realized I hadn't posted as many Christian posts in the last 3 years. I feel a bit bad about it.

    What happened? Well I spent 2008-2011 looking for a church to attend in NY. And once I felt comfortable in one, the Bible study group I liked from 2009-2011 kind of started falling apart. I tried to lead a Christian Fellowship at work with rather weak results. Basically, a lot of the outside structures that I used to maintain my Christian walk weakened or faltered.

    I don't feel that I truly fell away, but I think I just became less innovative in my Christian walk. I unfortunately had some quarrels with a few Christian Xangans as well, and that didn't help. There's a certain irony in writing about Jesus when you know your brother/sister in Christ is mad at you.

    I'd like to do more Christian posts again. But I have to admit that I'm a little down on all types of intellectual and spiritual posts lately. I somehow feel blogging has changed, and that people are just interested in pics and humor. Maybe it was always that way, and I was just better at ignoring it. I feel bad about not doing Christian posts because I recognize people might read certain things into it. But it just isn't in me lately. Hope that changes soon.

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  • I feel like it's been a really long time since I read anything on Xanga besides humor, pictures, and the daily mundane goings-on. Probably because there aren't many of us here nowadays, compared to more than a year ago. It would be nice and refreshing to read posts about specific topics, and I'd like to read Christian posts as well.

    I've had many posts float around in my head, thinking that *someday* I will actually write them. Like Christian modesty/headcoverings has been a topic discussed at times between my mom and I, and now I think about it a lot on my own. But I can't seem to organize my thoughts into smooth, coherent sentences and paragraphs, so I guess I'll likely never get to writing such posts.

    Sometimes we can get into writing/thinking funks. It happens, and it's okay. But I hope that the blogging muses help you out soon. I enjoy your posts and I'd love to learn more about your opinions on whatever Christian matters you want to talk about.

    Hope your new location is great and I hope you're enjoying your new environment!

  • Like a groupie, I'd read whatever you wrote here, doubly so since I lost the link to your other site when my pc died awhile ago.
    Seriously though, I do like topic blogs. I like learning. I like learning also about what the author thinks about certain subjects, and then the comments/discussion thereafter can likewise be interesting and informative.
    Things Have changed on Xanga this past year, some for the better, some for the worse. Yes, we lost a lot of people, and therefore more than half our readers/commenters as well as interesting bloggers, but we also weeded out a lot of the self-serving, superficial riffraff and trolls.
    I am glad there still is Xanga2.0 despite it's changes. I am still somewhat fearful to join other blogs and delve back into the world of superficiality and fakeness. It can be addicting to read some of them, but isn't ultimately good to waste time reading hundreds of posts from people who only care about numbers and drama, and as a Christian, it's not glorifying Him, to read all the overt sexuality that drives many blogs.
    In summery (I've been long winded enough and it's time to go find a bagel for bkft), I would hope that you Will indeed begin posting here again. Better do so sooner than later though b/c I don't know how much longer this site has.
    Enjoy your weekend. God Bless.

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