I tried this a few years ago. I thought it would be helpful to kind of keep a diary. I was having a lot of new thoughts about God and faith and stuff, asking a lot of questions. I think Brian McLaren referred to it as "deconstruction." So I started a blog. www.prestonthinks@blogspot.com.
Well, I enjoyed it for a while. I found getting my thoughts out to be kind of therapeutic. But after a while, I had to stop for two main reasons. First, I started feeling like I didn't have much left to write. I guess I kind of got it all out. Second, people started reading my little blog. And they left comments. And sometimes they disagreed with what I had written, which I found annoying. And sometimes they agreed totally, which I found affirming. But either way, I discovered that I was no longer just writing to get my thoughts out. I was writing to get a reaction. That did not seem helpful. So my blogging experience went from being a therapeutic exercise to being kind of a self-indulgent rant. So I threw in the towel.
But now I kind of feel drawn to journaling again. I've been thinking some more and feel like getting it out. So I'm jumping back into the blogging saddle. We'll see how long it lasts.
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