2009
First…A Confession (part.one)
I can not launch this blog without first making a public confession :: My name is Jarrett Stevens…and for the longest time, I’ve made fun of blogs. I just didn’t get it. I couldn’t understand what the draw was.
I couldn’t imagine that people would ever be remotely interested in the fact that I ran 14 miles last week or that my cat makes the funniest face when I turn on my Dr. Juicer (editorial note: I did not run 14 miles last week, or any week for that matter, and I think that cats are always making cute and funny faces.)
The problem was simple – I hadn’t come across any blogs that seemed important or interesting to me. Blogs that are more than a microphone (or worse a MEGAPHONE) for some dude’s opinion about this or that. I hadn’t found any blogs that were provoking conversation, connection, and action.
Over time I stumbled across a few blogs and the people who were creating them (I believe they are called “bloggers”) that were actually doing something. Blogs that were trying to connect the dots between God and us and each other. I found a sacred few blogs that were actually conversational, that were challenging, that were creating culture instead of simply critiquing it, that were moving things forward…that were important. I was inspired.
After years of Mocking I decided it was time to start Making. If it’s possible that making a blog can actually make a difference in this world (as oppossed to just making noise), than I am more than willing to humble myself and get to work. And that’s what brought about this Nuvement.
So Here’s My Question For You ::
What’s a lame, boring, or uninspired thing that you are so tired of seeing on blogs?
