Life

Using the Web

I am not starting this post by talking about how long I have been using the web. It’s focus is on the wonderful people around the world who out of a desire to teach, instruct, make clearer and inform the rest of us by their writing even if they don’t know us spend a lot of time and effort creating those things we read online and make using the web what it is. That’s what I am celebrating today.

I know that many people write judiciously because they have a desire to impart knowledge and I also know that a lot more write because they are paid to do so, whatever the motivation, those people that create these content are the ones that make it a thing of joy to launch our browsers and point the address bar to some favorite webpage or blog or news site.

Running a Blog

I have tried to maintain this blog for some two years now trying to write a post each month as a minimum and I know that I can do better than I am doing once I focus on the area of interest and strength.

That has been the greatest challenge one so great that last month came and went and I did not write a single post.

Since I have the experience of running a site and the challenges that come with it, I know that those that generate content every day either just have so much to say that they can spew out a thousand words every day or they have support from other people who help move over the lean times though this is for those websites that are run by individuals.

Now this is not just to lament but to express some of the things I have been learning and hope to put into practice as time moves on. I have been looking at the websites I visit regularly to have a feel for the work they are doing from the back-end/ preparation perspective, to the tools they use to minimize distraction and maximize writing time.

Some automate everything such that once the content is created and proof-read, the posting process is seamless and easy that end result make the effort a simple one.

I have been learning to use some of those tools and trying to improve my process but it seems that I still go back to the “mechanical” way of doing things every time I take a break from the process.

I still hope for the time I will be able to post new content four times a month as starters but I will not despise the days of small beginnings. Not yet, especially when I consider everything.

I have tried to write this month but every single day kept bring its own challenge as the month rolled by. I basically had something fill every single free time and when the something did not require labor, it had to give way to rest.

Going Through the Days

So apart from the hectic schedule at work, there was the ‘small’ issue of learning about the theology of Thomas Aquinas from the perspective of his Summa Theologica. The summary of that experience is that well ahead of our time, Thomas had spent time thinking deeply about issues concerning our walk with God in this life and had chosen to use all the intellectual tools available to him to explain these issues in the light of the word of God and the teachings of the church.
It is really no surprise that people have turned back to him to learn, from him ways in which the assault posed today towards the faith could be handled.

While learning that, the place of the Hebrew poetry in the canon of scriptures was also imbibed. The beauty of the Book of Psalms and of the Prophet Isaiah came to life, showing the depth of the riches of the word of God. In these books, we see the various literary devices used to explain deep things to common people that their understanding might be reached.
We see the Suffering servant speak the words of life concerning his role, goals and mission. The word of God is just so powerful.

All in all, the month has been loaded and here we are at the end of the month. If I do not post this today, then the window is gone but as I have done it now, then I have hope that the future months to come will be better.

Soli Deo Gloria

I have tried to write this month but every single day kept bring its own challenge as the month rolled by. I basically had something fill every single free time and when the something did not require labor, it had to give way to rest.

Going Through the Days

So apart from the hectic schedule at work, there was the ‘small’ issue of learning about the theology of Thomas Aquinas from the perspective of his Summa Theologica. The summary of that experience is that well ahead of our time, Thomas had spent time thinking deeply about issues concerning our walk with God in this life and had chosen to use all the intellectual tools available to him to explain these issues in the light of the word of God and the teachings of the church.
It is really no surprise that people have turned back to him to learn, from him ways in which the assault posed today towards the faith could be handled.

While learning that, the place of the Hebrew poetry in the canon of scriptures was also imbibed. The beauty of the Book of Psalms and of the Prophet Isaiah came to life, showing the depth of the riches of the word of God. In these books, we see the various literary devices used to explain deep things to common people that their understanding might be reached.
We see the Suffering servant speak the words of life concerning his role, goals and mission. The word of God is just so powerful.

All in all, the month has been loaded and here we are at the end of the month. If I do not post this today, then the window is gone but as I have done it now, then I have hope that the future months to come will be better.

Soli Deo Gloria