30 April, 2004 8:54 AM
Wow, thanks for the feedback on the last post about Who are You? Your comments and many emails have been really interesting and encouraging. Sometimes blogging feels like you're talking to an empty room a little and you do wonder why you're doing it - it is good to know that people don't just come here searching for the silly stuff I write about but that there are people engaging on a deeper level also.
A number of people have mentioned that they want to know more about what I do personally in emails - I guess I forget that people who have only been coming here for a few months can't get the full picture without reading back over the thousands of archived entries. So let me give a brief oversight of what I do with my time.
Stats - I'm 32 years old, live in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne Australia, am married to the wonderful 'V' (no kids yet) and enjoy photography, reading and .... long walks on the beach, great food, wine and coffee... (sounds like a dating ad)
Study - I'm currently completing the last two subjects of a Bachelor of Theology at a local bible college (some of you might call them seminaries). I've been doing this degree for 10 years now part time and can't wait to complete it this semester!
LivingRoom - I work two days a week as the team leader for LivingRoom which is a small emerging missional church in the inner north of Melbourne.
Forge - I volunteer a day a week to a national missional training network called Forge (site being updates as we speak...its a little out of date). This involves helping out with the running of events, an internship that we run and some speaking in churches, on camps and at conferences.
Blogging - Over the year and a half of running this blog I've learnt a lot about how to run a blog. In the last 6 months I've taken my knowledge and have started a second blog which I run for commercial purposes. The desire is to see it grow to a point where it supplements my income. In the weeks ahead there will be more news on the commercial blogging front as we explore some new possibilities.
Hope that gives newbies to this blog a little more of a picture of who I am.
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Thanks Michelle, yep it is a browser specific issue that we're working on. Should be back to normal in the next 24 hours ....ta
Darren Rowse » 30 April, 2004 9:25 AM
Darren, thanks. I'm on of those folks who have been reading for the past couple of months -- pretty regularly. Your blog is one of the first I ever read and its inspired me to start my own. It's still pretty much in the development phase -- trying to figure out what I really want it to be about.
Anyway, your blog is one of the best organized and focused I've seen -- and I've been looking at a bunch of 'em. You could probably do some publishing or writing about blogging.
God bless.
Kelly » 1 May, 2004 1:01 AM
I'll second that comment about this blog being one of the best organised and focused I've seen.
James » 2 May, 2004 10:40 AM
I tried accessing your other blog but can't read it because the sidebar is overlapping the main text...
I use I.E., maybe it's a browser specific problem, but I'm not sure.
Michelle » 30 April, 2004 9:17 AM