Post about this blog, or blogging in general.
2 Corinthians 4:5-11 provides the basis for the title of this blog. I am a simple clay jar, nothing special or extra-ordinary about me. Yet God has put within that clay jar a treasure. That treasure is “the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ”.
COVID-19 has been with us for a year now. It has been a challenging year in many ways. But God still calls and equips us to serve him.
I have written 400 blog posts over the past 5 years using Google’s Blogger/Blogspot. I have had no complaints about the cost (free) or support (none needed). Blogger is easy to use and has all of the features I have needed. Also easy to maintain, since Google handles all of the backups and administration. I have not had to do anything other than write and publish. All in all, I have been content with Blogger. And yet I have migrated “A Clay Jar” to the self hosted version of WordPress. The self hosted version of WordPress is more expensive, requires …
This blog started in November of 2010 with just an occasional entry. But blogging about my life was pretty boring; how many times can one talk about the day’s run, weeds pulled out of the yard or the number of lines of code written. If I was in the public eye that kind of stuff might be more interesting, but few people care about how an average Joe spends his day. The first 10 months of A Clay Jar consisted of 15 posts, mostly centered around my journey with cancer (which was a little exciting), but also including holidays, running, …