As I am trying to get a solid start on 2024, one unfinished project is on my hit list and it relates to this blog and my daily writing habit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Over 20 months ago, I set up my own website, gave it a name, and paid for it. My intent was to migrate all the posts from here at blogspot to my own domain.<\/p>\n\n\n
I was motivated by two thoughts:<\/p>\n\n\n
1) I had read that blogspot was not the safest place to keep my material. In essence, it was possible – though not probable – that someday everything I ever wrote here could disappear.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
That would definitely bum me out. But my greater motivation for starting my own website was the fact that …<\/p>\n\n\n
2) It’s not easy for visitors to leave comments on blogspot.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I know I would get even more value out of writing here if it were easier to gather feedback.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I want to know what others think. Especially if I have some blindspot in my own belief system.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I mentioned today from the pulpit the usefulness of considering my collection of various Christian beliefs to be a “rough draft” which is still under revision. Couldn’t we better serve each other as “iron sharpening iron” if we had a platform where we could bring our current thoughts and insights into dialogue with other thoughtful believers?<\/p>\n\n\n
So what has prevented my move to the new website?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
It’s good old inertia complicated by a lack of technical know-how. Blogspot’s advantage is that it is incredibly user-friendly on the backside. The new website might be just as easy, but it’s unfamiliar.<\/p>\n\n\n
The funny thing is, I know I could start the transition tomorrow if I would just be willing to start it as a rough draft …<\/p>\n\n\n
I will keep you posted. Perhaps this could soon become more of a 2-way conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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