...because when you write it you a) know what you mean when you select particular words and phrases, but others may read/interpret them in different ways.... and b) you never know how it is going to spread! The first point is obvious, the written word is very interpretable, which means nuances can get lost and/or can be read into what you write! It happens to all of us! The second point is the one that is apposite to "Way Out West" at the moment, a few posts I've written have got picked up by people I never expected to see it... the recent post on "Top Gear" was picked up by several Car Sites... boosting my stats nicely ;-) now it has been picked up by "Top Gear" itself and appears on the BBC2 Top Gear Web Site... a previous post on "Tribe" also got picked up by the Beeb, so they obviously have someone who spends their day "Googling"! You never know who ends up reading you musings... so be careful... but, say what you want and stand by it!
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just stumbled in here through a link... good wisdom there.
Posted by: kbartha | 22/02/2007 at 20:00
Earlier this month, I wrote a post on the England-Scotland match on the opening weekend of the Six Nations. I wrote because I like international rugby union, but I was also thinking in terms of, "what might those of us committed to being church learn from observing this?" - simply because that is how my mind works...
The next day when I checked my email, there was an invitation to join an online community of sports writers. I'm thinking, thanks; but, no thanks...
;-)
Posted by: Andrew Dowsett | 22/02/2007 at 20:31
Well I can't see you on the Top Gear site... where is the mention of you??
Posted by: Sarah B | 22/02/2007 at 22:22
Its a link on http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/noise/?id=top_gear
Posted by: Mark | 22/02/2007 at 23:46
This is encourging. I too enjoyed the post on topgear, so glad it got spotted!
Posted by: LEe hills | 23/02/2007 at 10:50
The day after I spoke with some folks from my congregation about possibly being called to serve here, I had a ton of hits on my blog site. I began wondering, "How will what I have written be received?" It freaked me out for a few hours. Then I figured, "Hey, that's who I am for better or for worse." Now, 9 months later it doesn't even matter. If someone is going to write you off for one post or for being transparent in your views then they need to engage in some self reflection of their own. But, it still might cost you!
Posted by: Matt | 24/02/2007 at 00:29