Something New Is Brewing…
By jenny | August 11, 2009
Thank you for the encouragement. I had no idea there were so many blurkers out there! It really is an honor to be your friend, to speak into your lives, and to listen to your thoughts in response. It gives me great joy and I am glad it brings a smile to your face too. Just so you know, I have not forgotten about answering your questions or filling you in on Elda (thank you for the gift card Eileen in California), they are both coming.
Over the next few weeks I am going to be changing up, enhancing if you will, this little blog-o-home. Nothing drastic, same content, just some things I’ve been diddle-daddling with in my head. Some sprucing up. Spring cleaning? Fall tidying? The once-a-year re-arranging of the furniture (You know. When you feel utterly bored with your home and can’t afford to buy anything new so you just re-arrange every little thing, bask in its newness for a day, and then decide the next day that it is utterly awful but you have no energy to go back and fix the disaster that came from your discontentedness?). Whatever you want to call it, something new is coming. Even if I just change the colors up a bit!
Ryan has decided I must start a blog-podcast. Apparently I am dramatic. I don’t think that’s a very nice thing to tell someone. All the same, I’m dramatic and he says that sometimes the “italics” just don’t capture the way I say it out loud to him. So, if you are truly bored or on the run… in the very near future, you will be able to listen to some of the blogs through a podcast. Don’t get too excited. I once had a sixth grade boy find me after worship only to say, “Wow. You sound like a girl on stage, but you sort of have a man’s voice off stage.” Oh. Beautiful, stupid children.
And I have decided it’s time for me to start thinking again. Yes, my brain has been on the back-burner as my mom skills have been developing themselves. I love history. I love politics. I love international affairs. I love human diversity whether it comes in the form of religion, culture, ethnicity, or whether you are a “cat” person or “dog” person; a glass half-full or half-empty gal, or a “red” or “blue” state person. I love the things that make us different. And I highly value the freedom we have as Americans to make our own choices, think our own thoughts, and freely discourse with those around us on any subject matter without fear of repercussion.
To that end, today I am introducing a new segment on the blog… Tough Topic Tuesdays.
Hot topics if you will. Watch-out Tuesdays, I’m putting on my thinking cap.
From religion to quotes, spirituality to politics, current events to global problems, Tuesday will be the day to go a bit deeper. My only request? Speak freely in the comment section, but do so without hate. Agree. Disagree. Or just be a blurker 
But be respectful… lashing out is no way to make a point.
But be respectful… lashing out is no way to make a point. So, without further ado, I give you Tough Topic Tuesdays. I look forward to hearing what you think.
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9 Comments
gabyyy on August 12, 2009 at 3:48 am.
i can't wait!
your blog is part of the reason why i love being smart. i like knowing things, & im sure ill know even more as i listen/discuss/learn with these Hot Topics on Tuesdays.
love love!
Lisa on August 12, 2009 at 4:00 am.
I look forward to seeing what changes you make. Even just with colors
Since I'm a teacher, right now is about new beginnings for me. My year runs by the school calendar, so it makes perfect sense to me that you're starting something new and different now. Good for you!
I wish my brain would work so I could think again (or for the first time.) Maybe all your deep thinking will rub off on me. We can only hope.
Dana on August 12, 2009 at 2:31 pm.
I just want you to know that I am a serious blurker. I didn't even know that there was a word for me. I read so many blogs during the day. I even read Amy Grant's blog. Yes, that Amy Grant. I just enjoy reading what people are doing and thinking about.
Josh Wax on August 12, 2009 at 5:02 pm.
Can't wait…. well, for the podcast. I've already been through the tough topic tuesday, so therefor I need not wait.
Dave in Canada on August 13, 2009 at 12:31 am.
Tought Tuesday's sounds great! Challenging topics, dialogue and calling people to be dynamic and impactful.
What about the rest of the week ….? How about Wacky Wednesdays and Thrilling Thursdays?
Paisley on August 13, 2009 at 2:01 am.
I look forward to the blog-podcast.
Sarah's Spot on August 13, 2009 at 10:38 am.
Hey Jenny…so I'm a blurker…
…but then I sent you a long letter and baby gift card and a copy of my CD around (I think) almost exactly the time you were moving to a new apartment. I'm guessing you never got it…or it got lost in the fanmail…if you get a chance to e-mail me that would be awesome, then I can fill you in…my website is http://www.sarahbauer.com
michelle on August 14, 2009 at 4:51 am.
If you're into history and politics and learning, I have a book to suggest. It's called "For the Glory of God: How Monotheisms Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery" by Rodney Stark. I am not quite half-way through it and it is fascinating!! Maybe you could keep your readers informed of good books you've read / are reading from time to time.
Saving_Grace on August 16, 2009 at 10:36 pm.
def. lookin foward to this!!! SWEET!!!!