I have been thinking about starting a blog for a while now. I like to write a range of things: a personal journal that no one sees, short stories to share with my son, and serious sermons that I am going to deliver out loud in front of a crowd of people.The trouble with my writing so far is that it is all so sporadic. I feel like I have more to say and I need a more consistent platform to say it. I think blogging can be that for me.
For a while now I have been following the blog of a friend of mine, Sarah Bessey. I love reading about her spirit-filled life and seeing what she has to say about life, faith and church. The really big thing about Sarah is I love her guts to keep sharing her heart. What she does there inspires me to share my heart as well.
I want Living Faith to be a place where I write about what it means to me to live out my faith day-to-day. I don’t just go to church on Sunday and then forget about God the rest of my week. Rather, my relationship with God spurs me to be a kinder mom, be a better listener with friends, and faithfully manage the resources of my household.
I am not a Super Christian, able to leap roadblocks to my faith in a single bound. I struggle to figure out what is the right thing, and I sometimes even struggle to do what it is that I think is right. This blog isn’t going to be a how-to manual of Christian living. it is simply a log of my journey to do it the best I can and my encouragement to others to do the same. When there are things I think I’m doing well, I will probably write more confidently about them but I never want anyone to think for a moment that I think I have it all figured out.
If I had to identify a target audience, first off, I will be happy if anyone besides my mother reads it. What would be really great though is if everyone reads it! Honestly though, I am probably mostly writing to fellow Christians. Still I hope my writing is down-to-earth enough to be approachable for non-Christians. I am Lutheran and studied theology at a Lutheran university, but I have had a lot of different influences on my faith (more on that another day), I am not sure how “Lutheran” my writing here will be because when it comes to day-to-day living in Christ I don’t think denominational distinctions separate us all that much.
I look forward to sharing more as time goes on and I hope you will be inspired in how you live out your faith as well.
Posted by Ramona on March 13, 2013 at 3:20 am
Welcome to the blogging world! So glad you’re sharing and just great to “see” you putting your thoughts out there.
Posted by Jennifer Clark Tinker on March 13, 2013 at 3:22 am
Thanks Ramona! I appreciate the encouragement.
Posted by Angela on March 13, 2013 at 3:41 am
Yay! I’m excited! Great start, love your heart but you should already know that :).
Posted by Jennifer Clark Tinker on March 13, 2013 at 3:42 am
Thanks Ange!
Posted by Ruthie on March 13, 2013 at 1:42 pm
Great start, Jen! I’m looking forward to seeing more of you on this blog page. I’m writing a blog of a completely different topic. I didn’t know I had it in me!
Ruthie
Posted by Jennifer Clark Tinker on March 13, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Thanks Ruthie!
Posted by Hermano Grande on March 13, 2013 at 2:05 pm
I am so pleased to see you doing this! I look forward to seeing what you write!
Posted by Jennifer Clark Tinker on March 13, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Thanks big brother! Your enthusiasm about me doing this makes my heart glad.
Posted by Sandy Bricker on March 13, 2013 at 3:22 pm
I was so excited to see a facebook sharing from my friend, Julie Heinz Weinzierl, telling of your blog site. I called Julie right away to see if this was the same Jennifer who was in my 5th grade class at Violet! God’s peace be with you and yours.
Posted by Jennifer Clark Tinker on March 13, 2013 at 4:36 pm
Yes Mrs. Bricker, It’s me! Thanks so much for checking out my blog.
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