Summer hiatus
The past few weeks have been the busiest of my blogging career with the perfect storm of Huntley, the Synchroblog, and Hip 2B Holy now ranking in my top ten posts of the past two years of blogging. The Synchroblog consolidated the work of over 60 bloggers, making it a creative approach to addressing a difficult tension. Excerpts from my Huntley post were included in the editorial for Christian Week. So comments abounded.
I’ll take this moment to mention my approach to comments. Many of my readers are not familiar with the freeflowing nature of the blogosphere, and may find some comments challenging. I believe people should comment freely here, and generally allow comments to stand as written. If you disagree with the tone or content of a comment (or a post, for that matter), it’s up to you, the reader, to enter the fray.
I’ve only ever deleted one, and it was this past week. I felt it was an unsubstantiated, slanderous comment, based on an untruth I could verify, and directed at a specific individual. I’m also not keen to host the comments of those who enter into namecalling or sidebar conversations unrelated to the posted topic, but in those situations will try to redirect the conversation back to the stated theme.
And now, summer is here.
For a few months now I’ve been picking away at a book on philanthropy, but find it really hard to concentrate when I continue to be connected to the social media world. So I am taking this summer off. No blogging, no facebook, no twitter, no email, no meetings. I’m also disabling the comments on the blog, as I won’t be around to monitor them.
In a few days, Karen and I will be going to an undisclosed location to allow me to focus on writing.
This will be my inspiring view each morning…
And I’d appreciate your prayers for a thoughtful book.
