Okay, I just blew the dust off my last post and grimaced at the date. In the photo, I’m carrying a Christmas tree. In real life, there is an Easter bunny dangling from the wreath-hook on our apartment door. Somehow I’ve become a Christmas-and-Easter blogger. I think it’s time to call a bunny a bunny, and admit that I’ve stepped away from this thing for a while.
Which is what I need to do. Right now, I’m a bit overloaded with important things to work on (please see below), and I need to do some pruning in my life. I can’t give this blog the attention it deserves.
And honestly, my blog is going through something of an identity crisis. It started out as a Chris-has-moved-to-NYC-share-his-adventures Blog, took one look at the full moon over Manhattan and, screaming in torment, writhed into a inner-city-teaching-is-something-of-a-living-hell Rant and Lamentation. Then, by degrees, even I was surprised to see words forming of the screen like, “It’s working!” and “You’re making a difference!” And then I wrote a book, and the blog felt kind of neglected, like the new baby was cuter and getting more attention, and only reluctantly acquiesced to including a page about Unnamed. And then I stopped teaching and started church planting and my blog just threw up its hands and howled, “What am I?!”
In short, this blog needs to go on a long road trip, eat a lot of Taco Bell and fill up the back seat with empty Mountain Dew bottles, find itself, and come back a man.
When it returns, I suspect it will have a bit more focused on writing, because I’m writing another book. Yeah, pretty cool. That’s important thing #1 that I need to focus on. I will be sure to come back and post later when I have something better to say about that. For now, please pray for me as I try to craft this thing. I’ve got some really important things to communicate– pray that I’d write well.
Important thing #2: I am part of a team to plant a new church in NYC called Everyday Christian Church. We’ve just recently got a rough draft of our website up and running. Check it out: www.everydaycc.com
I am no longer teaching for NYC public, but I haven’t told all of that story yet. I think I’m going to work a number of those experiences into this next book. When this blog does find itself, I expect I’ll change it around quite a bit. In meantime, it’s here, available for view, providing you don’t mind wiping the dust away.
How about leaving one last comment (nor now)? Wish my blog a farewell. Tell it you believe in it and life won’t always be so confusing– it’ll come back knowing who it is and what it’s about. Give it advice like, “Don’t trust bologna from truck stops,” and “Keep away from the women in the big cities.”
I heard somewhere that “Good bye” is a contraction for “God be with you.” Supposedly, over time, it went something like this:
God be with you. God be with ye. God be wi’ye. God b’ye. Good bye.
I’m choosing to believe that. So truly, Good bye…
for now…