Sharing myself

I have decided to start a blog. I have ambivalent feelings for this form of technology. It seems like such an artificial way to share with people. And yet, I have enjoyed staying connected with far-flung friends with this.

But I realized this could serve several purposes. It's mostly for myself, to have another place to process what is going in on my life right now. But it also seems to a good way to keep those of you who do want to know how I'm doing up to speed. Much of what I'm feeling and thinking these days can't easily be encapsulated into a quick response to "how are you doing?". I mostly say "not good" and leave it at that unless time really allows for much more in-depth reply.

So we'll see how this goes. I am hoping to start a sabbatical with my job with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship starting in April, so I could both have more time than usual to keep up something like this and a desire to stay connected to more folks that I won't see as often for a little while. I'll leave the deeper thoughts for another time for now.