Amy Welborn's new Blog

It says a great deal about a writer when he or she can start and stop blogs with some regularity and still manage to not only maintain the readership, but grow it.

Amy Welborn – whom the above sentence describes well – has begun a blog over at Beliefnet, and she calls it Via Media!

She explains how it all came about here:

About six weeks ago, I wrote to Steve Waldman, annoyed with one of his posts. He wrote me back, not annoyed at all in turn, and said that if I’d ever like to discuss moving my blog to Beliefnet, he was open.

(It had been suggested before a couple of years ago, but I declined the offer for various reasons.)

For some reason, this time, I said – sure. I’ll think about it. I think I’m open.

And I was. Financial pressures (an unsold house in the Midwest) and lack of an imminent book contract made the possibility more attractive. My husband Michael was pleased.

Then on February 3, Michael died.

Regular readers know what happened. If you don’t – just read the four or five entries in the archives for February when they find their way over here, which should be soon.

In that context, the Beliefnet suggestion made even more sense, and became even more important.

So here I am. Here we are – together.

Life turns on a dime, and we need to be ready to turn with it, or we will fall out of step with what the Creator has planned for us. Amy’s willingness to shift gears throughout her career is a testament to her openness, even when she would clearly much rather not be where she has recently needed to stand. She’s a heroine. And the good news is Charlotte Was Both will not completely disappear.

Please take a look at Amy’s new blog and bookmark accordingly.