So this is it – my final blog post after five years. I don’t know when (or if) I’ll be back, but I’ll be taking the rest of 2020 off at least. We’ll see what happens, eh.
There’s not going to be any profound words of wisdom in this post, no poem or parable. It’s just going to be me saying “Thank you” to everyone who’s taken the time to read what I’ve written, even if it’s only been once. Thank you if you took the time to comment on anything I posted. Thank you if you ever shared anything I’d written with someone else, digitally or not. Thank you for being a part of this particular leg of my journey.
I hope that something I’ve written over the past five years has been personally encouraging or challenging in some way. In short, I hope that neither of us has wasted our time.
There have been some exceptions, but on the whole I have been happy with everything that has appeared on these pages. The ones that haven’t been very good have invariably been so because the well of ideas had run dry for that week, despite me having committed to posting something regardless – but there have been a fair number of posts that I’ve pulled out of thin air at the last moment that have ended up being much better than they had any right to be. Of everything that I’ve written here, I don’t have a favourite, but I think the one that means the most to me is ‘The Man who Sold me a Pear’, which appeared on these pages in year one. I guess I peaked early.
I’m not going to ask you to post in the comments what your favourite entry has been (this isn’t YouTube) but I imagine that – if I’ve been doing this properly – it will have been different for each person. I’m the one sitting here tapping the keys, but ultimately I have always hoped that this was just another means of building the Kingdom of God. If it has been then I’m sure that the Holy Spirit will have His own selection of favourite posts. Hopefully, the list of posts that He didn’t like is a short one.
So, one final time, thank you for being a part of this. May God continue to bless you all.
Thank you so much for sharing so openly and honestly throughout your blogs. They have regularly challenged and encouraged me to think more deeply. Bless you brother for all your hard work, diligence and perseverance.
Thank you, James,
For your blogs, and the Listening Books.
I particularly like The Second Listening Book – and yeah, The Man Who Sold Me a Pear and the bloke who bought it, have relentlessly messed with my imagination.
I haven’t read as many of your blogs as I would have liked because a bunch of fascinating people (all fictional): Janie Williams, Kerrod Spiers, Slav Kovic et. al. have all kept me busy in the prequel to Mia’s Magic Wand. And by the way—Mia’s Magic Wand is now available as an audiobook at Apple, Google Play, Kobo and some other outlets 😎
Pete
Thank you again, James, for giving of yourself to spur us on and help us to think. There’s been MANY that are my favourites.
Thanks James. In terms of time spent reading your work, it’s been a small percentage of my life. But in terms of challenge and influence – that’s a different story.
I think it’s fair to say that neither of us has wasted our time, James. Go well!
Thank you for your words of wisdom. Always timely (Prov 25:11).
Thanks James – my hat is off to you, after creating 260 of these.
I wonder, what is the next project?
Hi James, I’ve been a regular reader and I’ll miss seeing the Listening Book email arrive in my inbox each week. I’ve always found your thoughts encouraging and inspiring. Each has contributed in someway to the feeding of my soul each week. So, thankyou!
Dave