That's some blog you have there, Jeff

For the zero of you out there who are hoping to follow this blog, I'll explain my recent inactivity. First, let me say a little more about the purpose of this blog.

I intend for this blog not to focus on self-consciously Christian works, and I've already suggested two of those to write about --- in fact, I intend to make "Letter from Birmingham Jail" my first topic. Further, the Christian works that I mentioned already qualify as "core" writings for me: they are milestone reads in my life and have shaped who I am, and part of my reason for blogging is to reflect with others on the truly important things that I've read. I don't want to write about everything that I read: that would promote narcissism even more than the mere maintenance of a blog. And it would be boring.

Now, back to my inactivity. I was selected as a participant in an upcoming "experiment" at my church, and I'm preparing for it by reading Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America (ed. Darrell Gruder, Amazon link). For the reasons I touched on above, I don't want to devote time and space to Missional Church right now. It may well become a truly formative work for me, but I suspect that much of its importance would be eclipsed by Yoder's The Politics of Jesus. Time will tell.

So I'm delaying the start of real activity on this blog until I've finished Missional Church.