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The Blog is Back

~ Richard Solano ~ Leave a comment

Everyone has been asking,

“When are you going to start blogging again?”

Okay, would you believe a few people have asked me that?

Fine!

No one has been asking.

But I’ve been seeing quite a bit of traffic on my website, and I feel bad about the lack of new content before and after my very late Christmas story.

Don’t get me wrong. I never want to write out of guilt.

Frankly, I don’t feel guilty since I’ve been posting to my other website (WITLBible.com) and my Facebook group every day.

But I have been itching to write more than just short form devotionals.

So, here’s the plan.

Or at least the goal.

I will post one blog a week.

Every Thursday morning.

I think.

Maybe.

Sometimes it will be serious.

Sometimes not so much.

I’ll write about writing.

I’ll write about life.

Maybe I’ll write a little about travel, and cars, and parenting, and the mountains, and… you get the idea.

I might even post some excerpts from the Wil Clarey Series or Reymons.

Hopefully, these blogs will give you something to think about or at least laugh about.

If you have suggestions, I’m all ears. Or eyes. Or something like that.

But wait! That’s not all!

(can you hear the infomercial narrator voice)

This summer I plan on reviving at least one of my YouTube channels.

Granted the content uploaded so far is pretty terrible and it probably won’t be much better to start with, but I enjoy producing the content.

I have one video ready to upload, but I want to have several ready so I can start consistently and hopefully maintain my momentum as I get quicker at editing.

The channel I’ll start with is The Wandering Pen.

The content will focus on travel and maybe some classic car content.

As my skills increase, I may reopen Blind Squirrel Productions, my DIY channel and a channel for my devotional website.

In case you are wondering, I do not make any money off any website or channel (maybe someday). I do not accept donations.

I do have good reasons to do all this.

My goals are:

  •                   To spread the joy of Jesus with anyone who cares to receive it.
  •                   To encourage those who don’t feel like they fit in (nerds like me and the neuro-divergent like my son and Wil Clarey).
  •                   To help people understand and accept the neuro-divergent.
  •                   To encourage my fellow writers.
  •                   To explore different creative avenues for all these words trapped inside me.
  •                   And, admittedly, to increase my platform so that I can get my novels published.

If you are new to my writing –

Welcome!  I hope you enjoy the ride.

If you are my faithful friends –

Thanks so much for your consistent encouragement!

Sample from Walk In The Light

~ Richard Solano ~ Leave a comment

Sorry I haven’t posted much lately here. I am crazy busy getting ready for Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer’s Conference in a couple of weeks.

I have been keeping up with the writing on my other webpage (and Facebook Group). It’s a daily Bible study that takes you through the entire Bible in two years. I post the reading and add a commentary on a verse that stands out to me and encourage discussion, especially on the Facebook Group.

You can find a sample of it below.

It can be found at WITLBible.com and at the Facebook Group Walk In The Light Bible Study Group if you are interested in joining.

As far as my normal blog goes, I have two written that need serious editing. If work lightens up, I will try to get that editing done at lunch times over the next couple of weeks.

After Conference (Memorial Day week), look for my content here to pick up again. Thanks for your patience.

May 8, 2023

Monday – Gospels

Reading – John 20-21

Highlight Verse:

“(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.”

John 20:9-10 NIV

They were taught by Jesus Himself. They lived with Him for three years.

And they still didn’t get it.

Immediately following this scene is where Mary encounters Jesus outside the tomb.

She stuck around.

And she encountered Jesus.

Yes, it’s true that the other disciples encountered Jesus later that day and several more times before He ascended. But they had to endure a longer time of uncertainty because they didn’t wait where Jesus was last seen.

There are times of uncertainty in our lives; times when we have no idea what Jesus would want us to do.

We would do well to stay where Jesus was last seen by us.

That could be in fellowship with people we know have close relationships with God.

It always means seeking Him in the Word.

It never means wandering away from the places where we are likely to encounter Him.

In times of uncertainty, do you tend to wander closer to God or away from God?

Who are the people you know who would lead you closer to God?