Benjamin Corey<\/a> is the managing editor for the Progressive Christianity page at Patheos.\u00a0 While I not very comfortable with the term \u201cprogressive,\u201d I get why it is used and I get the point of differentiating between what I would just term \u201corthodox\u201d (not in the Eastern sense, but in the definition sense) and fundamentalism.<\/p>\nAnyway, Ben has asked if I would consider moving my blog to Patheos.\u00a0 What would this mean?\u00a0 Well, I\u2019m not entirely sure.\u00a0 I think I would still own and control my posts.\u00a0 I could leave whenever I wanted.\u00a0 I would definitely receive more views and traffic to my posts than I would on a stand-alone blog as it is now.\u00a0 I guess there is also some nominal payment based on the traffic\/views of one\u2019s posts.\u00a0 As Ben noted, no one at Patheos is getting rich, but it can be a few extra dollars.<\/p>\n
Writing for me is cathartic and therapeutic.\u00a0 I feel if I didn\u2019t write, I would wither away like a plant and die.\u00a0 I would write, even if no one read a word so money is hardly a factor.\u00a0 Still, if one can get paid for what they love doing and would do anyway, I guess that\u2019s just gravy or icing on the cake (depends upon whether you are inclined to sweet or savory).<\/p>\n
I frankly would like to hear from any readers (the few of you).\u00a0 My leaning right now is to accept the invitation and write for Patheos, but my writings would probably be of the more public type, where I address fundamentalism, religion, culture, the political, and current events of whatever type, in an opinion\/commentary manner.\u00a0 In other words, writings like my last two posts and what\u2019s been published on Unfundamentalist.\u00a0 It would be much less personal writing.<\/p>\n
I may then, also, keep this stand-alone blog (probably need to change the name) to keep writing of things more personal, and musings about the arts, culture, poetry, actual poetry, literature, and the more esoteric for the contemplative person if that makes sense.<\/p>\n
Regardless, I hope to keep any regular readers.\u00a0 There are over 150 people who follow this blog (thank you!) and others I am aware of who read it, but have never signed up to \u201cfollow,\u201d and I don\u2019t want to lose any of you.\u00a0 So, any input would be appreciated and helpful.<\/p>\n
Thank you and blessings.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, before Unfundamentalist moved and started its own website, it was a part of the Patheos website, listed along with other Christian and religious blogs.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had my writings published on Patheos before, under the Unfundamentalist banner, but submitted them directly to the new site once they moved away from Patheos. Patheos, according to Wikipedia, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3524,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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