My plan at the beginning of the summer was to discuss the practice of anonymity this week. But after writing several drafts and scratching ideas around a piece of paper, I realized anonymity wasn't what I wanted. I don’t want to be anonymous. I want to known and known well by the people around me. I want people to dialogue with and build on my ideas and research. I want to share my writing, and hopefully soon, some sermons. What I’m considering is not being unknown but how I expect to be known and by whom. What I’m trying to practice is cultivating a rich inner life that benefits from privacy. (Of course it’s just as well that I didn’t realize that at the start because “cultivating a rich inner life that benefits from privacy” is much hard to fit on a small line for this week’s topic compared to “practice of anonymity.”)
I've missed some newsletters in the busy-ness of summer so am reading through past editions here. Really loved this one, especially in light of your decision to move to Substack. It all sort of ties in with some things I've been thinking about in the class I'm taking this summer. How did you finally arrive at the decision, beyond the thoughts in this post? Did you run this by certain people for feedback? Pray? Were there any specific scriptures you relied on in making the decision?
I love the idea of cataloguing the benefits v. cost. Probably a good process to go through with several aspects of life. I'm always inspired by how much you do and get done and these kind of choices no doubt contribute to that. The class is IS500 practices of vocational formation. One week included significant focus on screen time and technology and what it does to our brains. It really underscored some things I was already thinking about social media.
I've missed some newsletters in the busy-ness of summer so am reading through past editions here. Really loved this one, especially in light of your decision to move to Substack. It all sort of ties in with some things I've been thinking about in the class I'm taking this summer. How did you finally arrive at the decision, beyond the thoughts in this post? Did you run this by certain people for feedback? Pray? Were there any specific scriptures you relied on in making the decision?
I love the idea of cataloguing the benefits v. cost. Probably a good process to go through with several aspects of life. I'm always inspired by how much you do and get done and these kind of choices no doubt contribute to that. The class is IS500 practices of vocational formation. One week included significant focus on screen time and technology and what it does to our brains. It really underscored some things I was already thinking about social media.