streamlining a little

As I wrote my last blog, I had this feeling that I was writing haphazardly. I felt I was beginning to lose my coherence. I reread it, and though it might seem a tad off, it doesn't read poorly, in my opinion.

But, it started me thinking. While my blog has been my private journal, I want to keep moving it from less of a journal/diary and into more of a teaching tool, and/or a more efficient way for me to catalog my thoughts. (Besides, when I write my logical thought process works out its kinks.)

I have mentioned stuff like this before. God has given me things to think, write, and say. (Not in direct revelation or commission of course, but anything worth thinking on my mind is not of my own.) I have thought in detail about a newsletter or a journal publication, but that is not in my sphere of possibility right now. And so, I blog.

I would like this to become scholarly, but that involves more than I have the resources for. Scholarship necessitates citation and review. It won't be scholarly for me to write something good. If I write the same thing citing many scholars and submit to a publication it becomes scholarly. I would love to do that, but in order to cite people, I need access to them. MBBC had a great library in my opinion and I had heard it was great compared to others. There isn't anything down here comparable from what I know. I heard things down here weren't good. I haven't tried the University here in Tampa (whichever one it is), maybe that would work.

Another option is a $400-600 program that includes 10,000s articles on theology. No money eliminates that for now.

I had mentioned something in my past blog that might be worth more discussion but I forget now what it was and so I will be done for tonight.

Goodnight, goodnight, and goodnight.