So I’m wrestling with some things lately and I thought….  What the heck, why not rassle in front of everybody? Everybody likes to see a good street fight.

I’m fighting the urge to go postal on blogging. (that makes no sense…I understand)

In the last two months, I’ve unsubscribed to more mainstream ministry blogs than I can count.  The ones I’m subscribing to are completely different.  They’re small…seldom heard of blogs that I love.  Because they’re real.  They aren’t talking about how amazing everything is.

Let me explain.

Why are we really blogging?  I mean….really? To talk about what shirt we’re making next?  To hype up what ministry we’re doing that’s so cutting edge?  To show how many people our church had this past week and how we’re starting another campus in our own parking lot?

I’m looking for something real.  And I’m guilty of posting things that aren’t really all that real.

I’m not obsessed with your next book plug.  Or getting on your blogroll.  Or link loving.  Or  HT’ing.  Or whatever.

I’m wrestling with why I get caught up in all the hype.  Why I’ve emailed some of the big blog guys and asked questions and never gotten a response?  Why I find myself wanting to stay away from the blog gatherings at conferences?

I think if I was honest with myself…I got into this because it was a creative outlet for me.  And I’d like to think maybe somebody could get something out of it along the way.

A laugh, a tip, an idea…a what not to do.

And I find myself really struggling to keep it innocent amidst all the fluff.

Amidst the hype.  The crap.  The constant “look what I can do”.  The “look who I’m doing it with”.  The cakes that are made out of plastic…but look amazing behind the glass.