Sarah posted a blog about our frequency of writing on our
blog and why we feel called to write a blog.
I have posted it below:
Not only do I write for this blog, but I also like reading
several blogs. Some are about
homemaking, some are about homesteading, and some are about Christian
topics. When Mark and I talked about
starting a blog, we talked about what we wanted to write and why we wanted to
write.
Out in the “Christian” sphere of books and blogs, there is a
spectrum of ideas and beliefs. Most of
the problems stem from if you believe the Bible is true and what percentage of
it you believe is true. The other set of
problems comes from incorrectly interpreting the Bible by either pulling verses
out of context or not correctly interpreting them from the style that they are
written in. That’s how you can call
yourself a Christian and believe completely opposite things from someone else
who calls themselves a Christian (among other reasons).
One of our foundational beliefs is that the Bible is 100%
true and that we believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible. That means that we believe that every word in
the Bible, as it was put together with 66 books in the original language, is
true and that if the style it was written in speaks of it as an actual event,
then we believe that it truly did happen sometime is the past.
Because of this belief, and the many beliefs that are not
lined up with ours, we wanted to start a blog.
We wanted a place to encourage other Christians to be built up and at
times to be challenged to a deeper walk in their faith. And we do this all for the glory of God. We do it because it is what He has commanded
in His Word.
This is also the reason why we do not write regularly. We’ve read all the articles that say if you
want a successful blog, you must write regularly. While we would love to do that, and hope to
someday get ahead of schedule so that we can post on a regular basis, that is
not where we are in our life. And we
would rather have an unsuccessful blog in terms of number of hits to our sites
than post information that was written in haste just to make a deadline. Usually in haste is where mistakes will be
made or unclear writing will make it seem like we are saying something that we
are not. While these will still happen
because we are human and make mistakes, we do not want to be careless in what
we write. Also, we both read every blog
post that is added to either of our blogs.
Sometimes this too adds a delay of when a post is added.
What we also want to say is that we appreciate everyone who
does check into our blogs for our posts.
And if you are a person who doesn’t want to check to see if there is a
new post to either of our blogs, then look to the right of this webpage for the
“Follow by Email” box; if you enter your email, you can get posts sent directly
to your email when we put up a new one.
And it’s really easy to unsubscribe to it at any time. Just click the “unsubscribe” at the end of
any of the emails you get from our blogs.
Also, we will begin with new posts to each of our blogs this
month. We have a little lull in our
schedule right now that we intend to start writing again. And we are preparing for when things get
busier within the next few months.
Thanks for your understanding of our reasons for the
sporadic writings. And we absolutely
love your comments, even if you don’t agree as long as it is respectful. We hope that you find our blogs an
encouragement and at times a challenge to live more for Christ each day.
through His grace alone!
Sarah
