ON BEING AN INFLUENCER

I am still seeking guidance from God on what my dissertation studies will result in - since they won't become a degree. I firmly believe that the Lord led me into the program for a good reason, I just have to uncover it. 

Caleb is encouraging me to do some longform writing on X or start a podcast on YouTube.

Truthfully, I have wanted to write longer content somewhere that would allow for receiving more comments and challenges from readers. Blogspot here is kind of clunky in that respect while X has just instituted a new form for longer essays. 

And YouTube is weirdly attractive to me, but it seems like everyone and his brother has a podcast these days. 

I guess it will boil down to "best fit".

One of the things that is really on my heart is the need for mentoring/discipling within the church, for both students and adults. 

I could definitely see where a regular video, while not as ideal as in-person discipling, could at least be "better than nothing". YouTube does allow significant opportunities for interaction, and it is capable of creating "communities" of sorts. 

There's a large part of me that resists doing X or YouTube either one because I think people setting out to be "influencers" can be goofy, self-deluded, and a little narcissistic.

But then I remember that I am a preacher. 

And, when you stop to think about it, preachers are the OG influencers!