I can’t remember when I first had the idea for I Am Jonah, and by extension, this blog. I know I could give an exact-ish day or period, but I don’t think I want to invest any energy in that. In this moment I’m not sure how relevant or important it is. If it becomes important, I will research myself. Anyways, this is I Am Jonah 2.0.
Why, “2.0”? Because I am restarting. One of the reasons for the restart is because I didn’t do enough technical maintenance on the previous blog. As a result, some unscrupulous characters injected code that messed a lot of things up. I could’ve focused on recovery and other interventions but I’ve opted for a clean start instead.
I Am Jonah 2.0–Why The Restart
From my estimations, a complete restart is faster than my recovery options. I had also been thinking about how I had matured and changes I could make to reflect that. Of course, I didn’t have to wait for some sort of hack for that to happen, ‘the hack’ has become a catalyst. So now is the time to make the change.
Another reason for the I Am Jonah 2.0 is that I fell I can better articulate some of what I’ve always wanted to when I started out initially. Does that mean I failed with the previous version of this blog? On the contrary, it is the previous version of this blog that helped me wrestle with what I was processing and trying to say.
What’s Next?
The first version of this blog was a struggle, both in expression and learning to be vulnerable about my faith— my journey as a Christ follower. That helped me get a little more comfortable with being honest not only with myself, but also with God.
If you’ve been with me on this journey, I hope that somehow you were encouraged to a more real relationship with God. While I still don’t know the detail of what I will write / speak about, I will continue to share my reflections in my spiritual formation journey.
Something that I had, partly out of fear, steered away from in my previous blog was reflections on how I engaged spiritual community. My reflections were largely personal–about how I felt and thought about God, in both my relationship with me and my assignments. I’m probably going also think out loud about relating to spiritual community, and maybe in a general sense the Church world.
How I and perhaps different people may engage with it. The mission of the Church and how the Church is engaging culture might also feature, as well as contemporary events or moments in our time and culture. I might highlight things I feel are noteworthy.
And, as I have used “journey” somewhere, this will continue to evolve.
I am still following and learning to follow, and serve Jesus. I am still working at honest reflection in my spiritual formation. While I do this as a reflective exercise, I hope others find encouragement and inspiration in their own journeys.
If you’ve already been journeying with me, is there anything you’re curious about on I Am Jonah 2.0? If we’ve just met, I’d love to also hear from you too.