My apologies

I suppose I should start by apologizing to those who regularly check here for updates. I've garnered heat from a few people over my absence from the blogosphere, and deservedly so. I never did say that I was closing this down or that I was taking a hiatus. I just sort of quit posting for a while.

There are a number of reasons.

1. I have a new job. I don't suppose this is a completely valid excuse because I still have time in the evenings, but I'll use it anyway.
2. I moved to Minnesota. This left me in a bind, as not only was a lot of time taken up in moving, but now I have to wonder how what I write affects my blogging audience and if I should write to those who have been my audience for this past year. There are many more readers from Wisconsin here and I could easily continue following Wisconsin issues, but I don't live there anymore, so its pertinence to me isn't what it was. This has left me a little confused.
3. I have a girlfriend to whom I give a lot of my time. I value time with her much more than I value time on the blog. However, I should note that even she has made a comment or two about my lack of blogging.
4. I'm not really sure where I want to go with the blog. I began this blog as a political commentary. It has changed somewhat. As I've come to know many other bloggers and as people who I know personally read it, it's become somewhat personal. I never wanted a personal journal online and I don't feel it has become that, but I definitely write more about things that are personal to me than I do about politics.

Part of this is because I'm a big disenfranchised by politics at this point. It consumed my life for nine months of this year. Frankly, I left the field of politics with a lot of apathy. Fair or unfair, that's just how I've felt and still feel.

So, what do I blog about? Sometimes something personal comes to mind that I'd like to share. Sometimes it's thoughts on theology and the state of Christianity in the Greater Twin Cities, America, and the world. Sometimes it's a thought on something political. Is it fair to those who read this to bounce around from one topic to another? Or does a blog need to have a consistent theme to it?

These are some of the questions that I've been asking myself and lend to why I just haven't posted anything. I'm still considering whether or not to keep the blog up and if so, where to go with it. Until then, I'll do my best to keep up with the posting.

Oh, and thanks for reading.