In July I marked 10 years of continuous blogging. However, August marked 11 years since I established this weblog (you'll notice 6 posts from that year- then a big break). It seems remarkable that still I have the desire to keep going, but I do. Way back when I started blogging regularly I grappled with why I blogged. It took me several years to realize that I blog because it is a vehicle of personal growth for me. Certainly I hope what I write is meaningful to others as well. If blogging had no value for me I wouldn't do it. It's too difficult.
This year I will finish with 163 or 164 posts, depending on whether I post anything on New Year's Eve. With the exception of 2005, which I am not sure really counts, it is the fewest posts ever. I figured out several years ago that "chasing" the headlines is no way to blog.
With that, below is a list of posts, one from each month, I think worth highlighting at the end of the year. It is something of a "greatest hits" compilation. I don't include my homilies for consideration. As always (though I've never had anyone take me up on the offer), I welcome any comments letting me know what, if anything, from my blog was meaningful to you this year.
December: An Advent Prayer
November: All right, then, have it your way
October: Visions of Scuppers: Doing the things that matter
September: "Why do you come here?": Dispatch from distraction
August: Without theories, facts make no sense
July: Criticizing the critics, going to bat for the Pope, and citing Nietzsche
June: "I was standing/You were there/Two world's collided"
May: Blogospherical bitching and missionary discipleship
April: More on sex by a believing deacon
March: Certain matters of sex and the believing deacon
February: I am not giving up alcohol for Lent
January: Epiphanising the Epiphany
Happy New Year. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, the solemnity of which we celebrate on New Year's Day, watch over you and frutfully intercede on your behalf in 2017.
Congratulations on the past ten years of blogging. You obviously persevere, and are committed to this form of ministry.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Scott, in 2017.
Thanks Bob. Blessings to you on the New Year. May God bless you with another great year of service to His holy people.
ReplyDeleteIn all honesty, when I think about how long I've been doing this I am amazed. Hey, I was even here before Greg Kandra came on the scene.
Over the years, I have integrated blogging into my life. I am committed to this as a ministry. Of course, I am in no position to judge whether what I post rises that level or not. But it is a vehicle of personal growth for me. I have no plans to stop anytime soon, though I imagine, like this year, 2017 may see me post fewer times.