{"id":930,"date":"2011-10-19T00:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fearofwhales\/2011\/10\/another-paradigm-shift.html"},"modified":"2012-06-22T07:50:57","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T12:50:57","slug":"another-paradigm-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/2011\/10\/another-paradigm-shift.html","title":{"rendered":"Another Paradigm Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/a>One of the wonderful, and sometimes horribly embarrassing things about being a young man putting your thoughts on the internet, is that once they\u2019re out there, they\u2019re kinda out there (and my thoughts are out there in more ways than one) <\/p>\n

There are quite a few things I don\u2019t agree with 2008 Ryan about, and yet his thoughts are here right with the thoughts I\u2019m having today. 2004 Ryan also had a blog. Boy was that guy a pompous idiot! I\u2019m often relieved to know most of the stuff he wrote is lost to the sands of time before Google had a memory<\/p>\n

Of course I\u2019m actually just as much of a pompous idiot right now. In the scheme of the universe the amount of knowledge I\u2019ve gained in the last 7 years in insignificant. But I like my ideas now, even if 2018 Ryan is going to think they\u2019re awful.<\/p>\n

This is the Art of the Blog. This is how it is. A few superstars like Arianna Huffington might elevate the format to the lever of true journalism, but the rest of us just shout out opinions at the wall and hope in instigates an interesting thought in someone else.<\/p>\n

Last year at this time I found myself in no position of leadership for the first time since high school. I was transitioning out of Church Ministry into Parachurch. I had one foot out the door on my way to Kansas, and without any students I needed an outlet for my interesting thoughts. So I brought the blog back (it had been inactive)<\/p>\n

Then I moved to Kansas and I didn\u2019t know anyone, I was unsure of the landscape, I didn\u2019t know what comments were appropriate to share, and this forum needed to mutate into a mouthpiece for thoughts I couldn’t say our loud for any reason.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m drifting into inactivity again and I think I know why. I have a chapter now, and a mission, and friends. I have stuff to do, and I\u2019m just not angsty<\/a> enough to bleed on the page most days. I\u2019m going to try to shift again. This time into a more official capacity. My identity as Campus Minister, is getting more integrated into my central identity and I think it\u2019s time to start preaching from the blog. Posting fewer edgy opinion pieces, and more biblical interpretations.<\/p>\n

At least I hope that\u2019s what\u2019s going on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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