So I decided to turn this site into a more personal “pastor’s blog”. There were a few factors that helped me in this decision:

• the church has a new website. Relokate was using this as their online presence to get info out to all the members since we didn’t have a page on our church website. The new website fills that void much better now.

• i really wanted everyone (especially new folks) going to the website for info and updates about what is happening in Relokate, yet we still owned the domain for this blog. I figure, “Hey, why not use it for something?”.

• i wanted to make a resource available for those that want to dig deeper in their relationship with Christ. This blog is for those that earnestly want to find their ultimate satisfaction in God.

• i wanted a way for you guys to get to know me better and hopefully trust my leadership in a transparent way.

• I lead through writing and preaching. I will be challenging you through this medium; hence the title: “fan the flame”.

• personally, i like to write. Hopefully this will make me better at it. You can be the judge of that, I guess!

Some Honesty

I have to be honest with you. I am not big on putting my name and face on the internet (i think psychologist use the word “paranoid”). I am especially not big on putting my opinions and thoughts on display for an anonymous audience. That’s part of the “risk” for me. I know a lot of 20’s pastors would jump at the chance to spend time in their week blogging.

Not me.

Too risky.

But I felt God subtly challenging me with this thought. “This is how most young adults communicate, and what are the implications of using the Internet for the spread of the Gospel?”

The idea that somehow God could use this to challenge us (myself included) to grow in our love and devotion to him really excites me. The thought that hundred or even thousands of young adults could hear/understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ instantly for free really, really, excites me!

Sometimes we need to take risks for the sake of the Gospel. I hope as I step out of my place of comfort to take a risk for you all (and the Gospel), you guys will be challenge to take risks for the sake of Christ in your situations as well.
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