As some of you have been reading on Twitter, I have been in the process of creating a new blog look. In reality, I just watched John Saddington help me create a new blog look. John went above and beyond what I expected…I was looking to just change themes, upgrade my WordPress to 2.7, but John was interested in helping me shape a new direction for my blogging as we spent time talking about my interests, passions, gifts, etc.
There are a few things I still need to fix (i.e. About page, add some more page tabs, clean-up some duplicated comments, add images to my 8 categories section at the bottom, clean up some minor bugs, etc, etc.)…so it’s a work in progress, but I might as well not let my moments of perfectionism handicap me. That being said, what you see will be in the process of refining, and I will let you know about some of the cool features as time goes on.
So this blog not only signals a new look for me…it also will signal a change in the direction of my blogging.
As many of you know I’m pretty passionate about 3 things:
- Theology: Ministry, Church
- Psychology: Therapy, Counseling
- Technology: Social Media, Innovation
You will continue to see me blog about many things related to those topics, but I’ve decided to focus more of my writing in the future on issues that stem from my last run at graduate school and what I’m currently engaged in. What that means is that you will see me address more issues related to the topic of psychology, specifically issues of pastoral counseling, as well as marriage and family (or more broad, relationships). Not only will I be looking at these issues from a counseling perspective, but I will be looking at how they intersect with our lives in the church, ministry, pastoring, etc.
That’s one change…
Another change is that though I love blogging about ministry and the Church (and will continue to do so), I will be sticking (focusing) on areas that I have more training and expertise in (pastoral care, college ministry, leadership), and will bring more attention to those who are writing great things in the area of ministry and Church that I’m not as gifted in.
That’s another change…
Last, I love technology. But technology expert I am not. So I will continue to be a “technoevangelist” (see John Saddington) and write about those tools that I’m passionate about, and the ones that especially connect with those that I’m using in ministry and therapy. But I desire to bring more attention to those who are much more knowledgeable in this area.
So you will continue to see my write about ministry, counseling and social media, but I hope by the end of the year you notice a much more focused approach to my writing that allows for a much more distinctive voice in areas that best fit my giftings.
And I hope that you learn a lot from what I’m learning and writing, that we can enage one another, and become partners along the journey.
But in the meantime, please be patient as I continue to transfer information over, change/update/create new pages, and fix some little bugs. Thanks.
Very exciting! John is an amazing WordPress artist.
I found your thoughts about writing about the things you are an expert on, and drawing attention to those who are experts on the things you are interested in… thought-provoking.
I think this may be an excellent way to lead others to the best conversations rather than “adding to the noise.”
Have a great 2009
Adrienne,
Thanks man. Yeah, after talking with John and some other people, and then watching people like Tony Steward really tighten up their blogging focus, I was inspired.
I don’t want to add to the noise. There are already tons of people blogging on ministry, church stuff….all of which I used to do, and still do. But I want to take that a step further and focus on some more specifics, i.e. counseling, pastoral counseling, thearpy, technology innovation in those areas.
Thanks man.
rhett
Rhett – looks great with Safari – not translating well with Firefox. I may even be enticed to stop by on a “regular” basis now. My problem is I don’t allot as much time to reading blogs as I used too. It’s a matter of the rabbit hole – once I go down, I’m down for awhile.
Anyway – good job.
Great look, very clean, easy to read. Excellent! The best part is, as good as this looks, your content is even better. Looking forward to more from the mind of @rhetter!
P.S. I’m looking at this in Chrome. Looks great.
looks pretty good.
I dig this man. Looks great, a little more simplistic but has all the information that you look for on a personal blog.
Thanks guys…still working on a bunch of stuff, but at least it’s out there now and ready to roll…
Rhett
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