We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled program to mark the milestone that happened in the middle of our #FourFoolishRules series: I’ve posted on this blog every week for a year!
I chose just that little sparkler to mark this accomplishment, rather than big fireworks or even a bonfire. Still, I am celebrating the work and your responses and the foolishness all this represents.
I really started this blog clear back in April of 2015–five years ago! For a long time it was roughly connected to the ideas that grew into Foolish Church. When I started writing that book in earnest, followed by The Fools’ Manual, I realized I couldn’t blog every week, so posts became more spotty and there were stretches where they were downright disjointed.
I recommitted to this work–and started the accompanying e-newsletter that many of you receive–in August 2019, with this post that speaks of how we do or don’t lock people out of the church. And I’ve posted here every Wednesday since, with the exception of Christmas and New Year’s Day, which inconveniently fell on Wednesdays! Sometimes I’m laboring at this late at night, but I’m still writing, still doing my brand of foolishness, still appreciating your comments, questions, and interactions.
(If you don’t receive my e-newsletter in your inbox, BTW, I hope you’ll sign up! Here’s the link. You could even share it with a friend!)
What comes next? First, we’re gonna spend a few weeks considering how the #FourFoolishRules work in some specific scenarios. I have a few in mind, and I wonder if some of you might offer ideas as well. Do you have a pesky situation or thorny relationship that you’d like me to address through the lens of these rules? Consider this a “Practicing Foolishness” challenge:
Send me your scenario and I’ll choose some of them to write about here. (If I pick yours, I’ll send you a complimentary copy of The Fools’ Manual!)
Speaking of that, you may have noticed I haven’t issued a “Practicing Foolishness” challenge for awhile. With the onslaught of the pandemic, it felt like the wrong time to draw you in to these discussions regularly. But keep an eye out for the next thing, and the continuing conversation and–who knows–my next book?!
In the meantime, looking around at the world and watching the news, I don’t think I’m going to run out of foolish ideas anytime soon. I hope you’ll stay tuned and keep practicing this foolishness where you are, week after week.
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