I'm in a theological study group at church and we've been talking about spiritual practices. I'm trying to find a new spiritual practice* myself.
"You have such a way with words," one person suggested. "Have you thought about journaling?"
The conversation continued in this vein for a bit.
Finally, I thought, "Well, I used to have a place where I did something sort of like that."
So I'm going to give it another shot. Don't know if I'm going to stay with it, but I'm going to try.
I'll post my first substantive post about that tonight.
But first, an FAQ, because I love FAQs.
Q: Welcome Back! I've missed you!
A: Thanks, though you don't have to. You can always follow me on Twitter. I'm Chalicechick there too. I tend to be pretty liberal about friending on Facebook, too.
Q: What's up?
A: Not a whole lot. The big news is that TheCSO is undergoing gender transition. We wrote an entire FAQ about that, and I've posted it below. Other than that, I got out of law school, got a law job that pays the bills and I go to the same church and mostly have the same friends. I have a Goddaughter now, you'll probably hear about her. The dog died. That was sad.
Q: So, what are you going to be writing about?
A: My personal life, hunt for a personal theology/philosophy of life and the same sort of cultural criticism stuff I liked to write before. Funny stuff that happens to me.
Q: So what AREN'T you going to be writing much about?
A: My job, national politics (I lean Clinton, FWIW), UUA politics (I lean Miller, FWIW), won't go too far into transgender issues. There are smarter people writing better things on that last topic especially. I also don't write about my own church. The minister shouldn't have to worry about critiques of her sermon showing up here on Sunday afternoons. They won't.
Q: How will this ChaliceBlog be different?
A: I'm going to be heavier on comment moderation. I have less patience than I used to, and less time. I'm also probably not going to get into as many big arguments. Again, less patience, less time. If you want an interactive medium, try Twitter. My plan at least is to use this as a bit more of a broadcast medium. Also, both Nora Ephron and the UUA Washington Office are gone and have not been replaced with equivalent targets for snark. I confess I've mellowed a bit in that department in general.
Q: How can I foil your plan to use this as a broadcast medium?
A: Write brilliant insightful comments I can't resist responding to.
Q: Are you going to stick around?
A: In this format, I don't know. But I'm extremely active on Facebook and moderately so on Twitter.
Q: How can I encourage you to stick around?
A: Write brilliant insightful comments I can't resist responding to.
Thanks,
CC
who suspects these questions would not be asked frequently, indeed not much at all, but enjoys interviewing herself.
*Which I define as a way to connect me to that which is greater than myself, one way or another.
2 comments:
Not brilliant, nor yet insightful, so feel free to leave this in its insignificance, but I liked reading this because I could actually hear you: your voice, your inflections. I could almost see you: your shrug, your hair flip (yes, you do), the way you blink your eyes and wait for the penny to drop.
I liked it. Welcome back.
I saw that you were writing again and I literally muttered "yes!" at my desk.
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