Becoming regular

Tom posted on his blog about preaching for the second time at his new church (here) and it got me thinking.

When you preach for the first time you invite everyone. Your family, your friends, your old youth minister, your old youth group leaders... everyone assosicated in any manner of your christian existance and you hope upon hope that they all arrive and are dazzled.

For your second time... you invite no-one... inwardly hoping that you'll be really good and amaze all the regulars.

The third time? No fan fare. No bells and whistles. Just you, the Word of God and a microphone once again (hopefully still being good!).

After a while you get into the routine and the novilty starts to wear off (and it doesn't have to be only preaching for this to happen. It could be your first sports game... anything with a "come and watch me do this!" factor.).

I'm begining to treat my blog visitors that way.

A while ago, an international visitor whould get a personal greeting.

Now, with my visitor world map lighting up across Australia, Asia, Eurpoe, North and South America, i'm not as fussed. It's nice to get visitors from places like Canada, Chile and South Korea, but just not as exciting as it used to be.

Still... if you are a first time visitor to the site... Welcome and look around. You all come back now.