blogs grow...

church buildings grow too

That's Central Community's Welcome Building. When I came to Central Community, just over 20 years ago, people in the church referred to it as "the chicken coop." I'd been here a year or two before I discovered that it was never really a chicken coop. It'd just been built on a severe budget with a design aimed at simplicity... a shed... just an old chicken coop. The building would never be mistaken for a chicken coop today. Over the years it's been changed a bit at a time... the picture above was taken 5 or 6 years ago during one of the buildings many upgrades.

Ken, our Associate Pastor, the one with real knowledge about building, pointed out to me long ago that we'd have been better off just to tear the thing down and build new. He's right of course. But the process has been such fun.

It's the way I feel about my blog. It's a little welcome into my life... for whatever it's worth. Started simple and it's grown: song of the day, deal of the day, joke of the day, weather, news, links, verse of the day, photos, movies... facets of media development we never imagined just a decade ago and it continues to grow as my knowledge base expands. Occasionaly someone will ask why I spend the time on it and I think of that "chicken coop" and how much joy it's been to watch it transition into Central Community's front door.

That's where the blog's going: blogs grow. Hope you'll stick with me for the joy, the journey, the invitation into a little bit more of how God's working in our ministry, our world, our family, me. Maybe you'll start a blog of your own. If so, email a link so I can clue into your journey from time to time. God created us to do this together.

blessings,

Eric