Buzzard Blog Begins

This is the first sentence of my first post on my first blog.I'm starting this blog in hopes that posting some thoughts on the gospel and culture will help both you and me. I've named this blog "Buzzard Blog" because my last name is Buzzard, I like alliteration, and with this name, I won't forget what my blog is called.Just six weeks ago I began a new role at Central Peninsula Church and since then I've been thinking that blogging might aid my ministry as well as my own walk with Jesus. I've been thinking through five reasons why I should start blogging. Here they are:#1 Blogging Keeps You Sharp. From my reading of other blogs it seems that the discipline of blogging can help you to think well and write well. I want to grow as a thinker and as a writer. So, I'm becoming a blogger.#2 Blogging Benefits Others. This past year I've learned a lot from reading blogs. From regularly reading a few good blogs I have: matured as a man of God, learned more about the gospel, grown in ministry, been forced to think harder and repent more, grown in my love for the church, beheld new truths, beheld more ways Jesus is expanding his kingdom, and I've had some good laughs.My hope is that I too might captain a blog that benefits others in such a fashion. Though I will sometimes write random posts from my life, my primary aim is to post thoughts on the gospel, culture, and life that will serve others. The audience I envision for this blog is both the larger internet world and my church family and friends.#3 Blogging Communicates. Blogging is an exciting new form of communication. God created his people to be communicators, I love to communicate, and so I sense a strong call to take part as Christian man in this new communication medium.#4 Blogging Builds New Relationships. God is about the business of building new relationships. God is all about having his people build new relationships. Blogging is a proven tool for connecting people, for building new relationships. Therefore, I blog.#5 Blogging Aids Accountability. When you blog, you provide others with a little window into your life. With the right readership, this gives me greater accountability. If I gain just one Buzzard Blog reader who regularly reads and interacts with my posts, I've gained a bit more accountability—one more person who can play a small role in helping me live the Christian life with greater integrity.There are, however, at least two reasons I can think of for why I should be wary of blogging.First, there's a lot on my plate right now and so I see how blogging could simply become an additional burden or distraction from more important work. If blogging turns out to be a burden rather than a blessing, if it takes me off mission rather than keeping me on mission, I'll need to stop.Second, I'm a technology idiot. For example, it took me a very long time to figure out how to make my church's name in this post show up as a link so that you can click on it and link to it. It's also taken a while find a good masculine color for this blog. It seems like the majority of blog color options are pink, purple, and sea-green with snowflake backgrounds. I'm feeling marginally masculine with the colors I have going now.Despite the above, according to my math, 5 good reasons for blogging outweigh 2 reasons for being wary of blogging. So, here I go. Buzzard Blog Begins.This is my last sentence of my first post on my first blog.