is blogging relevant?

does anyone blog anymore? i was in a conversation the other day and a friend noted he was reading a blog and was impressed with a perspective offered by this author. i remembered that i had a blog at one time that was an opportunity for me to journal, reflect, and critique my vocational journey. however, upon taking a job as a lead pastor, i neglected my blog and have let it sit still in cyberspace and collect cyber-dust. i just logged in for the first time in months and to my surprise - it was still there...like a neglected toy in a child's basement: dirty, dusty, limp, lifeless.

i don't know if anyone reads this blog anymore nor do i know if anyone blog's anymore. i suppose i could search that question via google magic but i am not sure my return would inform me. i know that there are blog's out there, my question is, is this form of communication relevant anymore?

i had a grand idea that i ought to resurrect this site for those in my community so i could communicate during the week on what i am reading, studying, preparing, contemplating, watching, etc. and this could be useful/helpful to those in the community as they seek to center themselves in the Lord via community. is this a valid thought or does it seem rather 2005? i post this wondering if anyone will respond or are my followers much like this site: abandoned.

grace/peace

mike

why do we do what we do???

why do we do what we do? it seems to me that we stretched ourselves so thin, added too many appointments in our day, and altered our diet and sleeping patterns so that we end up exhausted, confused, and behind. functioning as the lead pastor of a local community has informed me i am failing at this - as if i thought, it would solved by taking this job. it's not that i'm falling apart each night and dragging myself around until i slump over a couch, no, it's more that fatigue (along with this heat and humidity) have taken its toll. in the evenings when i am "home" and away from work, i find my mind wandering, debating, and searching for solutions to problems in the community.

i find myself coming back to a sermon i preached in february re: sabbath rest. i noted that refusing to rest means that you do not trust that the Lord knows what He is doing nor do you trust that He is protecting you. when the psalmist wrote, "unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vein who build it. unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vein" (127), he recognizes the infinite movement of the Lord and the finite fragility of humankind. thus, i am being reminded that Yahweh is building His kingdom and guarding His city and i don't need to carry that burden.