Good Stuff

Some times all of us just need a fresh word, some new insight spoken into our lives. I wanted to pass along a couple of other bloggers and posts that spoke to me in the last few days . . .

I played baseball with this guy in college and this is a great word about what kind of fame we are seeking on this earth: Click Here

This is a new guy I just found with a blog called Leadership Freak . . . All his recent posts about living in our passions and helping others to do the same were awesome! Click here

Bob Roberts continually challenges me about my thinking about the world and what it looks like to build the Kingdom. He is ON! Click Here.

Enjoy . . .

1 Day!

Wow, time flies, I leave for Asia tomorrow! Still have packing and a few last minute loose ends to tie up, but it's amazing how God has brought everything together!

Alright, I've decided that I will be communicating (as I have WiFi) by two means: Twitter and this blog.

Twitter is a leaner and meaner way to communicate short, quick messages. I will be tweeting more frequently. If you want to check it out you can go to: twitter.com (after you join, my user name is john_bradshaw) . . . one of the cool things about twitter is that you can get the tweets (messages) directly on your cell phone as a text.

And then daily (again, where I have WiFi) I will be blogging right here!

I'm excited and expectant! Please pray that my eyes and ears will be open to what God has to say.

Need New Blog Life

I've been blogging now for a year and a half and I feel like my 'blog look' is getting kind of old and stale -- the banner and colors and stuff.

Problem is I don't have the skills, nor honestly the desire to mess with it.
So . . . just wondering if there is any of my readers out there who have those techy skills and a creative flair and wanna take a shot at redesigning my blog??

I can't pay much . . . I'll buy you a Keva Juice! And just think of all the glory you'll get!!

Let me know if you wanna help . . . .

blogfog

The last week or so I've been suffering from blogfog --- I've started several blog posts and can't seem to get the words down right . . . could be an early form of internet dementia (or just busyness) . . .
But I think the fog is lifting . . .

One Year!

September 4, 2007 was my first blog!

It's amazing how it stacks up so quickly . . . In the first year I've blogged 427 times! (A couple of more than the 3-5 times a week I thought I would do!)

ForwardMotion has had page 30,969 page hits (and that does not include folks who read the pages in their email and don't go to the blog) --- that alone reminds me of the influence that we wield over time . . . and our responsibility to use it for the Kingdom.

I write this for you. . . As a tool to lead Oso Creek while being authentic about my own life.
So help me out: Is there anything you would like to hear about that I haven't blogged? . . . OR . . . What would you like to see more of in the next year?

Bloggers Block

Seems like the last couple of days when I've had something to blog as soon as I sit down, it's gone. Maybe it's that life is just rushing past . . . . Or maybe it's just middle age setting in . . .

7 Months!

I just hit 7 months of blogging! My first blog was September 4, 2007 . . . 213 days ago - wasn't sure when I started how long this would last! But I've really loved it!

Since then I've posted times 234 times - many more than I thought I would. I began thinking 3-4 times a week and it's been more like nearly 8 times a week on average!

In 7 months there's been 16,998 page hits on the blog! Wow!

The most viewed blog to this point (meaning in a feed reader or that the user actually went to the page . . . doesn't count reading it on email) was New Creek Website on January 24, 2008. Closely followed by Never, Ever, Ever Give Up! and Easter Expectations.

My goal has been to share some of my life with you; and to use it as another tool to lead Oso Creek and others who would read.

And I would love to hear from you . . . What have you enjoyed the most or has been most beneficial? What would you like to hear/see more of?

Thanks for reading!

Blogging

I've been blogging for 2 months now. Quite honestly I'm having a blast with it. I feel as if it is another venue that I can use to communicate quickly and honestly with a large group of people -- and then have the power of interaction and community.

The intention of my blog is to talk about life and to lead others (and specifically Creekers and anyone else who tunes in) into the deeper waters of following Jesus.

You ever thought about blogging? The Swerve Blog that I read just posted a whole series of blogs on blogging. Check this out on Why Consider Blogging? And you may want to check out that whole series of posts.

And then let me know, what do you think about this blog? How has it impacted you?