Reasons not to blog
In the past year I have been nibbling on the idea of a blog funeral for blogpastor.net. One reason was my burnout. My blog entries went downhill and I wrote less often. My heart was not there and inspiration waned. Another was the temptation to follow the crowd. Many blogs have in [...]
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To blog or not to blog
Philip Yancey’s secrets of successful writing
Seminar with author Philip Yancey
Over 450 fans of Philip Yancey, popular Christian author, filled the ACS Junior School auditorium with lively anticipation. Each seminar participant held a plastic file of notes titled “3 Keys to Quality Writing” and each clutched a two-in-one gift book by the author,” The Jesus I Never Knew” and “Disappointment with [...]
Old blogpastor files edited and re-published
I have begun to upload old blogpastor posts. Some I do for sentimental reasons, like the one in memory of my mum, which was an edited version of my online eulogy of her when she slipped into glory last year.
Many more I need to upload because I find them informative and helpful and want [...]
Hacked blogpastor posts in thumbdrive
Memories in a thumbdrive.
I took it from Vee San, my website designer, and thanked her profusely. At least the files of all my archived posts were intact. Some were precious because they were the fruit of research and risk. Others were sentimental in value. Not only were all the files intact, but they looked and [...]
A Christian blogger’s prayer
This was a prayer written by William Barclay for use by writers, authors, journalists or speakers. I find it useful for bloggers like myself so I have mounted it on my ABOUT page as a prayer and reminder for myself.
O God, you gave me the gift and the responsibility of using words. Help me in [...]
Not too late to write
I have written out of necessity to pass my theological exams and in the course of pastoral work. I have also steadily kept journals since I was in National Service, after I became a Christian. These were mainly my devotional jottings, prayers, feelings, and sermon ideas. However in recent years, I have experienced an unrelenting [...]
The new blogpastor.net
While I was taking a break from blogging, my blogpastor.net website was hacked. By whom and for what reason, I do not know . Attempts were made to remove the fraudulent sites, but when that failed, the webmaster had to shut the site down.
Thank God the old files were not lost. This meant that about [...]
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