We need to talk.
UPDATED TO ADD: Y’all are too quick for me! Within a few hours, all 100 surveys were filled so I’ve made an identical survey that you can access here if you missed the first one. Same questions, so feel free to join in the discussion!
For awhile now I’ve been trying to decide on a few things related to my blog, and since that involves you, I thought we could chat for a bit.
Right around the time I told you about Starlite ending, I got a lot of questions asking if I planned to quit blogging — at all or just under the name “Ministry So Fabulous.” My answer was that I didn’t plan to stop blogging and that I wanted to use the same name. (For those of you who don’t know, the name was meant tongue-in-cheek — i.e., that ministry doesn’t always feel so fabulous). In my mind, I’m still in ministry, just not vocationally anymore.
At this point in time I don’t plan to stop blogging, either. That could change, of course, but right now, I still feel like it’s a good thing for me to do.
As I’ve been thinking about the blog, however, I’ve started to have some questions about who you all are and why you come here each day. I “know” the ones of you who leave comments, but there are a few hundred of you here each day who don’t comment. Now, before you start thinking I’m going to complain about that, let me assure you that I myself am a “lurker” on a lot of blogs simply because I don’t have time to comment on them all. So, I totally understand coming to read each day without saying anything.
One of the things that has surprised me about reading emails from some of you is how many of you don’t share the same faith as I do yet have somehow ended up on this blog. I’ve been thinking about that group of you a whole lot lately and you can expect to see a post just for you at some point in the near future. I want to talk to you, specifically, because I’ve been you. But more on that later.
I’ve also been thinking about disabling comments on my blog other than maybe for “special occasion” posts. One of the things I’m asking God to help me with is learning that my approval comes from Him, not from anyone else. I’ve made no secret about the fact that this has been a difficult lesson for me to learn, mainly because it seems as though I’m still looking for approval to maybe fill certain places where approval has been lacking. I don’t think I’m at a place right now where I base my approval on your comments, but I want to make sure I never get there. Does that make sense?
So, with all that said, I decided I wanted to chat with you about it but I thought that maybe the comments section of this post wasn’t the best place to do it. I decided to create a wee little survey that allows you to give me anonymous comments, unless you WANT to leave your name with your comments. It only has six questions, and includes ones that are related to the different things I’m thinking about that you’ve read in this post.
It’s open for the first 100 people who get to it by clicking here. If you have a few extra minutes today, would you mind taking it? Just so you know, if you’re one of those people who isn’t necessarily a fan of me but shows up to read the blog each day, I’d love for you to take it, too. Your thoughts are important to me as well and, if you want me to reply back to you, please leave an email address and I’ll be happy to (but remember, you don’t have to put any identifying information in the survey to take it).
So… ready to survey? On your mark, get set… GO!























