Back to Blogging

After several weeks of blogcation, I’m happy to be back! The blogcation included a break from blogging here, at Street Prophets, and at the UU World. And it coincided with some time spent traveling with my husband Shai, which was absolutely wonderful.

Although I thought I would miss blogging, it was actually very relaxing to have some time away from home and not writing. I think it helped me remember to be more present and more in touch with what I’m seeing and feeling. The best writing is probably some combination of experiencing and reflecting, and both can be overdone.

Now that I’m returned, I’ve been catching up slowly on the UU blogs. I feel like I’ve missed a lot — I thought frequently while on blogcation of UU blogging friends and some of the different life struggles and joys that have been shared recently. I did miss responding to blogs and comments, with the sense of giving and receiving support with other readers and bloggers.

As for upcoming posts, I have a couple of topics bouncing around my head. One is about religious education for children and youth. As the church year is wrapping up, I’m looking back on a year of helping run one of the RE program offerings in my congregation, and planning for another year ahead. I’m considering carefully what the mission of a religious education program should be, and what kinds of programs and leaders best serve that mission in practice. I’ve learned some lessons from my own experience, however limited, and would like to share some of those and also learn from the insights of other readers. ‘Til the next post…!