Good things in small packages? |
There is a set of written ministry that I have not
yet shared, however, and the leading to do so is generating a
considerable amount of discomfort. The problem is that I also know
that I should share it in the most effective way that I can, and I
have no idea what that would be.
These pieces of ministry are very short, a couple
of sentences generally. For comparison, my recent short piece of
ministry Morality,
Action, and Inaction, is
about twice as long as the longest of these very short pieces.
I refer to them
as “maxims and aphorisms”, for those are terms that describe
their character – at least, they are the best terms I have been
able to find. The earliest date from 2016, and there are now 8
categorised as each of maxims and aphorisms (don't ask me to explain
what I mean by the distinction, I've tried and I don't seem to be
able to manage it).
I want to share
these. I need to share
these. But I don't know an effective way to do it. As separate blog
posts they would seem trivially short. Batched together they would
lose focus. I don't know what to do.
Of course, I have
some ideas. I could accompany each one with a piece of deliberate
writing, reflecting on the ministry. I could turn them into image
macros (while the usual description refers to comedic forms,
“profound” forms also exist), always including a text version
with them of course. I could have a separate blog of some sort for
them. If doing any of those, I could schedule them to post regularly
until I run out (I can't predict when I'll have more, obviously). I
just don't know which of these would be best, or indeed whether
there's something I haven't thought of.
So I appeal to
you, my readers, Friends, enquirers, or just people with some vague
interest. Tell me: how should I share these miniscule ministries?
Update: thanks to your feedback, I have now decided what to do; you can read about it in my announcement post.