If Jesus Had A Website

Back in February, my wife and I were blessed with the birth of our first son, Graem.  Here are just a few thoughts I've had in the time since then:

• While the first few months have been a blur thanks to altered schedules
  and getting over the “wow, I'm actually a father” stage, as I now begin
  to see bits and pieces of my son's personality emerge, I begin to think
  about the kind of father I want to be and the values I want to instill
  in my him.
• Has it really been five months already?
• All that time and energy I had to invest in preparing our first home (that we purchased last August) just isn't there any more.  Most days, I wish it was…
• I already miss the long nights of just sitting and holding Graem as an infant when he only slept a few hours at a time.
• When I think back to my upbringing (because I like to think I turned out OK), I see the careful balance of rules, boundaries, and freedoms that my parents set for my siblings and I.  They managed to teach us to say “Please” and “Thank You” without making them chores, and allowed us the freedom to pursue our interests, and now I have to figure out how to turn that around and pass it on to my son.
• We are very thankful for friends who helped us out with some great hand-me-downs.
• It's probably because he's a boy, but even I can get excited about baby clothes.
• Some days are very difficult, and I wish he could just tell us what he needs.
• Thankfully, we are not on our own.  I pray almost daily for God's guidance for both us and him.
• No matter how much he cries or fusses, that smile will always melt my heart…

I'm sure they'll be plenty more to follow…

Wow…it's already been a year, hasn't it?  (Well, at least since I legitimately updated IfJesusHadAWebsite.net.)

The reason?  Well, I simply lost my inspiration for the site.  It had been over a year since I had done any church website work, and it was becoming harder to write from the perspective of the church webmaster.  Week-to-week, I just wasn't sure what to write about any more, and just didn't feel called to keep writing.  So I started to let the blog fade into the background…

That is until a few weeks ago when I got inspired again.  However, the song of inspiration was different this time…

So now, If Jesus Had A Website is relaunching as a Christian life blog, aiming to write about the lives we live and how they are and should be influenced by our faith. 

Yes, I realize that that is a rather broad topic, but my thoughts range all across the spectrum anyway, so that's probably a good thing for you and I both.  I've also toyed with the idea of bringing in some guest writers as well to help represent a variety of perspectives to the blog and provide more food for thought to us all.

So, welcome to the new If Jesus Had A Website, and I hope you enjoy the new material and perspectives we have coming…

[P.S. - All the old posts are still around, if you're looking for them.  They've been relegated to the archives, but can still be found by searching!]