Fireworks #1 (Photo credit: Camera Slayer)

My first post was on February 28, 2013 (view it here).  Today is a milestone for me; this post marks the 200th post on evandolive.com. I am well aware that 200 posts in a drop in the bucket compared some other bloggers but I believe have learned a thing or two about writing and publishing.

1. It Doesn’t Have To Be Earth Shattering:  One of the biggest things I (still) struggle with is the notion that I have to blow some brain cells by trying to craft some deep, powerful theological sentence or paragraph.  I have learned that sometimes the simpler the better is the way to go.  There are times to be deep and there are times to jovial.
2. Stay True To You: It is easy to slip into a mode to where you tell people what they want to hear (or think they want to hear) rather than just speaking from your context and theology.
3. You’ll Never Know What People Will Like: Case in point: My Letter To Victoria’s Secret which I never though would garner nearly 4 million hits.  On the other hand there are some posts that I believe people will find interesting or profound and hardly anyone reads it.  The point is… keep putting content out there.

I want to thank you for reading, sharing, liking, tweeting and commenting.  It has been a wild ride so far and I look forward to the next 200!

In Christ,

Rev. Evan