Over the last 4 years, I have written 698 posts at Church Tech Matters and honestly, I started this blog simply as an experiment. I was a volunteer network administrator and overseer of all things IT related in my church and I really wanted to know more about what I could and should be doing. I also felt that I wasn’t alone in my quest and wanted to share what I knew and what I was learning with others.
The people of the church IT community are extremely generous and knowledgeable beyond belief and I have learned so much. I think we all have something to offer and I hope that I have added value to the church IT community (CITRT)as well.
Over the last 6 months or so, I have struggled with many things personally and honestly became burned out and tired. The frequency of my writing has become almost non-existent and that is a far cry from the sometimes daily posts I have written in the past.
For 3 of the last 4 years, I have led the tech ministry at 2 different churches as a volunteer and it has been a great ride. A more accurate way to say it is I have been greatly honored and blessed to be allowed to serve in the ways that I have. I am also honored to have been accepted into the church IT community as I have been.
As a result of Church Tech Matters, I have been given tremendous opportunities to meet church IT people from across the country and around the world at many different levels. I have also had the opportunity to do consulting work and work through various situations with many different churches. I am amazed at the number of people I know who serve their churches in many different technical ways and many of these people are close friends now.
Church Tech Matters has given me a voice to share this passion that God has put in my heart and it has given me a place to focus my attention and energy. I consider many of you who read this blog to be my friends and I look to you often for advice or guidance or, lately, I have used several of you as a sounding board to help me determine what’s next for me.
After much prayer and discussion and thought, I have made the decision that this will be the last post written at Church Tech Matters.
It has been an amazing ride and I am such a better person because of you, my readers and friends. God has blessed me so much through this experience and I am honored that some of what I have said seems to hold value.
I understand that this site has become a reference for many, myself included. I also know that there are certain topics, when Google’d, that return posts from this site as #1 or at least in the top few. Because of that, I have no plans to take this site down, it will remain here in it’s entirety.
Thank you for everything!
I hope you’ll join me in whatever is next.
Job well done.
Dude, I’m sorry to hear you are quitting. Clearly ove rthe last year or so you have been going through a lot. I’m sure there is a lot more than your posts have indicated but I could tell by your writings you have had a heavy heart as of late. I really wish you might reconsider, but I understand. I will be praying for you as it seems clear you are on some sort of journey. We all know that you really belong working at a church as the tech guru full time. Anyways you will be in my prayers and thoughts. Good luck! BarryB
Blessings . . . and good fortune to you where ever you land.