Back in 2008 this project began, with encouragement that could’ve filled a blog of its own I set about documenting something about Church & Chips every week – and the response was amazing, people from all over the Church (and in some cases) the World Wide Web had taken notice of us.. I mean even my dad had begun to read it.. and even better – people were printing off the content for reading at home.. how awesome is that?
The Blog ran – weekly, or as close to that as possible – for a year (that year can be found in our C&C – 2008 archives) and it came through writing this that I truly found a talent for writing and even found a degree of spiritual fulfillment from writing every week – it was an achievement I was very proud of and something that allowed me to spread the good news in my own unique way.
2009 started as a promising year, and we got over four months worth of blogging archived – before things began to change – a new chapter was beginning, and to be honest I wasn’t sure if I was ready to accept it. Because being human I am scared of change and this change hit me hard. and although I could feel the presence of God throught this trying time I have to admit the whole writing process got a bit stale. After everything had blown over I began to write again but never got that spark back – instead of feeling happy about the words I was typing it began to feel like a duty (this might seem a little melodramatic, and in a way it is but I need to say it).
I denyed it for a couple of months and continued to write, but instead of new and fresh posts appearing every week I just began to follow a formula, so in response to this I took a few months to re-evaluate my situation, alas it has brought me to this point. After thinking for a few months inbetween Exams and School and further change and shake up within the Church I felt, and still feel like the blog has come to its natural end..
Nothing can last forever, and everything ends and instead of prolonging the inevitable (yes, alright this is slightly melodramatic – but do you know me for anything else?) I have made the decision to close the book on the Blog.
There could be a time when I pick this project up, resurrect it and continue to run with it – Just like God did with Jesus but until then consider this the final full stop.
Thanks for all your support and prayers.
Jordan Dodsworth
April 2009
