Rejoining the Conversation

For a variety of reasons I have been on an extended hiatus from my blog, but have decided to rejoin the conversation - at least periodically. I have been doing a lot of travel for the Doctor of Ministry program I direct as well as for the Ph.D. Research I have been doing. In addition, my teaching load this Fall was barely survivable, so all extraneous involvements needed to be pruned. However, I have missed the daily - or at least weekly - posts I had gotten used to making. The discipline of posting served as a daily deadline of sorts, not unlike what I imagine a newspaper columnist must experience, providing the creative tension that serves as a catalyst for effective analysis and synthesis. And so, I welcome myself back!