In the past, I’ve used my blog as playground – a carefree zone where I could experiment with code. If the servers were slow (which they have been at points), no problem. If I didn’t write anything, that was okay too. A steady stream of words from me was not the point.

But that just changed. I have a new focus, and in honor of the occasion have developed my own WordPress theme. I’ve gone out on the edge and have even used a bit of Flash, though hopefully it’s not too Flashy for you, gentle reader. Of course, I love dinking with code, and this is a great excuse.

Excellent Websites for Churches and Faith Organizations

The new focus is on building excellent websites for churches and other faith-based organizations. I learned that web work could be a calling in church one day a few years ago, and have been helping with that very same church’s website for almost 12 years now. In web years, I guess that makes me an octogenarian. Certainly I’ve been doing this work with several of my best buddies since around the dawn of web time. For the most part I love it. And people seem to like the site, which actually surprises me, because I’m so aware of how much better it could be.

I am inspired to go in this direction by the unlikely combination of two blogs: the wonderfully named Church Marketing Sucks and the ever thought-provoking Yet Another Unitarian Universalist. Don’t ask me how this works. All I can tell you is it’s the chemistry of having done this for so long and how these amazing bloggers speak to me.