Around the Network: October

My mailbox has been a little fuller lately, thanks to the too-many-to-count political messages screaming for my attention. Admittedly, I ignored many of them as I made a daily trek to the recycling bin. But one day last week, I noticed an overlooked envelope in between the postcards. It was a letter from a long-lost friend. Within its pages, he told me of where life had taken him. He spoke of love lost and then found again, of a heart once broken and now renewed.

I almost missed it.

The blogosphere is a little like that. With millions of blogs out there, there’s a real probability that some good voices that have something to say will get overlooked, their message lost in the din. My mission is to make sure that doesn’t happen, by introducing you to some of the good writing in our Network.

Here at TheHighCalling.org, we believe in communication. We promote it, encourage it and foster it. But leave it to one of our network bloggers, Sue Miley at Christian Business Crossroads to help us better understand what we miss when we don’t communicate.

One post from this last month that you shouldn't miss is by Kelly Langer Sauer. More of a memoir than a typical blog post, The Things That Hold Me Back tells the story of her own life, marked by obligation, passion and finally freedom.

It isn't often you read about “crumbs,” but this month I was treated to two pieces on the subject. Amy Sullivan convinced herself “don’t clean up the crumbs.” She writes, “I’m afraid of what nonproductive looks like.”  So, to find out, she just sits for a while. On the other hand, Jenny writes a great post, Rubber, Meet Road, where she tries to root out inconsistency in her life. She sees the “golden trail of crumbs in the first morning light” and what the little things reveal in her life.

One of my new favorite blogs is  Live with Flair. Heather Holleman has wonderful insight into the world around her. You Weren't Alone Today put my present tasks and concerns in a proper light.  And how about the Not To-Do List, where she lists all the things not to do, freeing her up for more important things.

If you've ever been frustrated with half-hearted efforts, you'll appreciate the motivating piece Reckless Abandonment by Kat Cromer.

If you’ve followed Duane Scott's journey from single man to marriage, you’ve no doubt been intrigued by his honest quest for marital advice. A post that still makes me laugh is when he answers the eternal question, “When does a boy become a man?”

And Amber Haines tackles maturity as a woman, as she uses the same skillet that her mother cooked with. “It’s not all love,” she confesses. “A kitchen never is.” Read Stolen Kitchen Heritage. 

We all want to do improve our parental roles, but Eyvonne Sharp really captures it with You Don’t have to be a Better Mommy.

Problems swirl around us and some of them are trivial – or so we think. Read how Brock Henning tries to convince his son, It’s just a curl.

If you’re a reader of TheHighCalling.org, continue to engage, comment and share. If you’re a blogger in our network, keep writing.

Photo by Claire Broccato, used by permission. Post by David Rupert.

October Around the Network posts

Sue Miley– The key to better communication

Kelly Langer Sauer –  The Things That Hold Me Back

Amy Sullivan– Don’t Clean Up the Crumbs

Jenny –  Rubber, Meet Road

Heather Holleman-- You Weren’t Alone Today and Not To-Do List

Kat Cromer –   Reckless Abandonment

Duane Scott – Pleasantly Disturbed

Amber Haines – Stolen Kitchen Heritage 

Eyvonne Sharp– You Don’t have to be a Better Mommy

Brock Henning – It’s just a curl

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