top of the first, none out. here comes the pitch...

hi fellas. this will be a sort of re-statement of what this blog is about, and why we want to have it for this cell.

reasons why we see this as a good idea:

• one way or another, the time we spend together at cg is limited, and so we aren't able to really talk to one another.
• there's dicussions we have that we don't get to say what we want, because we don't want to disagree sharply with each other, and we don't want to interrupt the cg leader.
• it is a good testimony of what we are. we imagine it would really help people introduced to our cell to read our blog to know about us.
• we can say as much as we want whenever we want, in whatever detail and expression and tone.
• we can talk about things we are interested in that others might not be. we can talk about things that are totally not related to the topic in our weekly cg.
• we can stay in touch with people overseas, and they with us.
• we can pray 'out loud' for one another

fringe benefits:

• cgls can post things, announcements, etc.

reasons why it should work for us:

• as the de facto blog ic, i have much blogging experience to draw from, and am quite critically acclaimed (pardon me). and i promise above all else to not do very much of what i think, or what i want, as the blog ic. other than blog, of course. and i promise to seek the Spirit on this blog, every time i think about it.
• various groups of people have been sounded out on whether or not they'd be interested in actively writing, and the response has been positive all the way around. this blog can be a place for people who don't speak up much on things, both spiritual and otherwise, to gradually and willingly reveal their thoughts and themselves. we can choose to tune out when people speak up in cell, but we can also choose to really digest what they have to say, when it's not their faces talking to you.
• the people overseas will be dying, Dying, to blog.
• inspiration might strike at any time, during cell, after cell, the week in between cells. and there's nothing worse for inspiration then not being able to tell people about it, whether because it's not appropriate in cell, or because it's meaningless when it's not cell.
• we are all clever people, and use english well. there is no reason that we cannot have a proper blog.
• if we take this blog seriously, and blog meaningfully, there's a chance we're really gonna get a peek into each other's worlds.
• there is no regulation of how casual or how serious we need to be in this blog. well, duh, for all blogs. but here and now is the place where we can really get a feel for each other's personal voice, the things that egg us on, and float our boats. and more importantly, where or where not our hearts are.
• what better thing is there to do at work, and at lectures? haha.

As partners in this, we need to really think about whether or not we are willing to be individually devoted and passionate about this. if we do, or decide not to be, it doesn't mean that we do or do not love this cell as much as anyone, it only means that this isn't the avenue we want to express it in. and we as a people can totally, comprehensively and lovingly understand that. to continue a blog takes a lot of effort and constant 'blogger-mentality'. we shouldn't start things to watch them fail. it becomes ugly, and it sticks with us. and if this blog doesn't pick up momentum, and sustain it, it will fail, and it will become ugly, until we eventually decide to euthanise it.

okay. i've really given it a lot of thought, and i really humbly invite us all to do this together. of myself, i have devoted this enterprise to the glory of God in us, and to this cg.

so when you've decided to get your blogger accounts and want to begin posting, we'll all be here waiting for you.

God bless to the max.

honker