New Direction For the Blog

 

Hello Readers, 

My purpose and intent for writing this blog is to help people come unto Christ through sharing the principles and truth Christ has taught me.  I have much more to share and I am eager to do so.  However, I've realized that the format of blogs are becoming outdated as fewer and fewer people are inclined to spend time reading.  I've also noticed a decline in my readership -- which I think is attributable to this. 

To counteract this decline but to still provide a medium where I can share truth, I've decided to take a new approach. 

My plan for this year (now that I've learned about the ease of iMovie) is to do a hybrid-model for my blog. To facilitate this, my aim is to reduce the content of each post into smaller pieces spreading it out over multiple parts thereby making it more digestible for most people who would otherwise not take the time to read.  

My attempt is to make the post shorter and puncher, so that people can get the information quickly without having to spend a lot of time.  My aim is for each post to be around a page, and not longer than two (yes, the days of the 20-30min reads are over -- which might be good news for some).  

In fact, this attempt to provide shorter posts has been one reason for my delay in posting new posts, as I've had to go back and revise and condense some of the posts I intended to share before I got the idea for this new direction.  Part of this is finding ways to divide one post into three smaller section that make sense are are not confusing for the reader.  

In addition to make the post shorter, I will also record a video of me reading the post so people who want to listen instead of read or who don't have time to read can listen to the audio recording.  I've created a YouTube channel to do this and will share the link. 

If this turn out well, I may revert doing PowerPoints and video presentations as a substitute or complement to the blogs.  This new approach is definitely out of my element, but I think it's the best direction to take. 

Being an introvert I've always taken comfort in using writing as my medium of expression.  However, I recognize that audio and video is the trend.  I hope this approach meets the new demand and interest, while still providing truth seekers with enough food to nibble on -- and stay nourished. 

At the earliest, I'm hoping to have the next post up before the end of the month, or beginning of next month at the latest. 

Also, I received a new wave of interest in my book, Feasting Upon the Words of Christ.  I've also realized that the current edition has many typos that need to be corrected.  I've had some people kindly volunteer to edit the book.  I'll get those edits in and have a new edition out that will be cleaner copy.  I'll let everyone know when that happens. 

Stay tuned!