THE DISCIPLINE OF WRITING

I met a friend for coffee recently where the conversation turned to blogging. He suggested I should blog more to help focus and publish my thoughts on discipleship and other things I am engaged in studying or teaching.

Such writing would be a discipline – focused, consistent, frequent. My experience of disciplined acts includes the quasi-pursuit of running and attempts at regular prayer and Bible reading. I can be focused at times, but consistency fails me. Frequency then falls close behind.

Yet I see the value of this pursuit so I am going to attempt it more often. As we contemplate spiritual practices at church, I can see this not only as a discipline but a spiritual practice. In the end, I hope it helps you and me both to pursue following Jesus with passion and obedience

For my part, I’ll write and get my thoughts out there for you to ponder. I will look forward to reading and interacting you’re your comments. Through this mode, may we all draw closer to Jesus.

For the time being, the focus will be on the discipline of writing – focused, consistent, and frequent. I will mostly write about discipleship, church life, and the books of Haggai-Zechariah around the theme of “when life is not the same anymore.”

So here’s to a new discipline. May it help us all grow towards Jesus and may those who stumble across this blog and those who look in regularly be encouraged and challenged.

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   stevevarvis says:

   July 12, 2011 at 7:56 am

   Mike, thanks for sending the link. I will check in to see how the discipline is going. Steve

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