Take Your Place

If anyone hadn't noticed, things have been pretty dead in here of late. I've spent a lot of time this Summer on the road speaking and leadng retreats, as well as spending time actively job searching. That hasn't left much time for blogging. I've prayed and thought a great deal about this blog during the past few months. It was my very first foray into St. Blogs, and I initially hoped that it would be a gathering place for men and women to wrestle with the lay apostolate--the living out of the New Evangelization and the building of the Kingdom of God.

   While that never happened at this blog, I'm happy to say that much of it is currently happening at Intentional Disciples, the blog of the Catherine of Siena Institute (where I am also a contributor). That leaves me with the question about what to do with Take Your Place. My own lay apostolate is beginning to grow (I'm heading out at least once a month for the forseeable future), and with it, my desire to upgrade my web presence to include a home for my apostolate, which I'm currently calling Lay Formation Resources. And since my passion, gifts, and interests lie along the same lines as that of my compatriots at the Catherine of Siena Institute, it leaves me with a challenge as to how to differentiate this blog from other similar blogs.

I recently redesigned my personal site, From The Shattered Drum, and I learned a great many lessons about the flexibility of the Squarespace platform. Therefore, I am going to put this blog on hiatus for a brief period of time as I redesign, relaunch, and restrategize on how to make Take Your Place 2.0 a much more useful site.

Until then, you can stay connected with me over at Shattered Drum. My hope is that this hiatus will last just a few weeks. I'll send out announcements when I'm ready for action again.