Today..

In a mini-celebration of 10,000 hits and the fact that you guys are all some of the most superb people I’ve ever/never met. I thought I would do a simple redesign on the site (if you can’t see it, you need to clear out your cache). I was getting tired of all the color and the dark red everywhere. Plus you’ll notice that I switched the sidebars to make it flow better.

But I also wanted to give you a brief short history of time, as it relates to my new blog home.

Many of you guys have been around since that very first fateful day back in August of 2002. You guys were with me as I blogged through the most backwards school/seminary on the face of the planet as I shared my frustrations of wanting to burn the place down and my fears of getting crucified. You were with me as I blogged through some of my good and bad relationships. You were there as I shared about the excitement of getting to know my best friend in a deeper way and you were there when I pulled the ring out of my pocket and put it on her hand.

You’ve been with me as I have shifted, sorted, traveled, dreamed, and thought.

You were with me as I closed down the late great Josh Brown Blogspot (here are the full archives of my old blog), and opened IAmJoshBrown.com even though I’ve never really developed any of the other sites besides my graphic design site. We started a cooking blog as well. And a really kick-A podcast.

 

 

We’ve had some good conversations: on homosexuality, on the suburbs, on slow living, and on house church, to name a few. And this has all been in the last 5 months!

We’ve met but never met some really great people: one of my best friends who has been around since the beginning and I’ve only met once, Sharon, our best friends Nick & Leslie, the D10′s, Eric & Heather, Tank & Jessica, Mike & Jill, the Pattons, the Bostonites (Dr. James & Gentry), Mike from the OC, Tabitha Jane from Portland, Corey from Seattle, the Canada boys Jamie and James, and Trevor, to name just a few. We’ve also pulled in local friends Kimberly, Seth, & Kristen. As well as adding new people who are joining in the conversation everyday. (side note: I hope you all appreciate the massive amount of time it took to link all of you)

All of that to say, I couldn’t be more grateful for you guys. I know blogs are a very difficult medium with a couple shortfalls as it relates to community, but I wouldn’t have made it to where I am today without the support of this community and conversation.

And I can’t wait to see you at GatlinBlog’07!

So this is my tribute to you all. And if I had a Celine Dion song, I would play it right . . . about . . . now!

 

Tags: Community, Josh Brown, Welcome To The Story, Nick & Josh Podcast