Clear Heads Take Time :: Welcome Back

It’s been awhile, hasn’t it?

It’s been a good while, though…at least for me, it has.  At one point, I was writing for this blog, Open House’s blog, and another side blog I had started.  I thought writing was my thing.  I thought if something was your thing, you couldn’t really wear it out.

You can’t over-do your passion, right?

Turns out, you can tell yourself one story, fully believe it, but have a real and true sub-plot flowing underneath it all.  That was me.  I love writing and have been at Open House from the time I took my much-needed break from Faith in the Frameworks.  I have a passion for the crafted word.  I love being provoked to think deeper than the surface and pushed to see God at work all around me.

I just let it consume me.  

Before I knew it, I was a bit of a mess, constantly looking for the next post, searching for that next great article, always hoping that I might do this for a living one day.  In that pursuit, I forgot what really matters.  Sounds totally cliche, but it was the absolute truth.  I wanted to find a way to make money using my passion so badly, that desire eroded the honesty and beauty of what I was doing to begin with.

I recently watched The Social Network, a movie that chronicles the humble beginnings of a little site called Facebook.  Great movie.  Seriously, go see it.  But first, let me tell you what struck me about that film.  Mark Zucherburg, Facebook’s inventor, was absolutely adamant about one thing throughout the entire film.

No monetization.

No money-making.

He did all of it because he was passionate about it.  You can say what you want about his motivation, but he was full of passion.  At some point, it made sense to use such a medium to make some money, but not at the inception.  At first, and for a long time with Facebook, it was all about passion.  The passion to connect people.

A similar passion has been re-ignited in me, and I hope to share it properly this time around.  As I said, I love to write.  I love sharing my life with those of you who come to read and see God at work in the framework of our lives.  Does that mean you’ll never see an ad on this site?  No.  Does it mean you probably won’t see one for a long time?  Yes.

I’m getting back to where I began:  posts when they come, whatever length they come in, whatever frequency they come in.  I’ll be here…hope you’ll join me again.