This is my blog. For months, I’ve considered making a blog,
and now the day has finally come. Most of you are following the Facebook or
Twitter link that I sent out (yes, I’m
writing that I sent out the link before I actually do. Planning ahead, baby.) but
some of you may have just stumbled upon this randomly. Though I have no idea
how you could accidentally just type in this URL in hopes that there’s a blog
by this name, if you did that, today is a good day to buy a lottery ticket. But
regardless of how you came to this blog, thank you! I sincerely thank you for
taking the time to read this, it means a lot. Of all the cat pictures you could
be looking at, or the mindless Facebook scrolling you could be doing, you chose
to read my writing. The Internet is full of crazy, and honestly, this blog will
have its fair share of crazy.
Before I go further into this blog, I want to answer the key
questions. (Who, What, When, Where, and
Why. WWWWW. How that acronym didn’t
make it onto bracelets of every 90’s Christian teenager, I have no idea.)
Doing this will give you insight into the context of this blog. I think it’s
important to understand the motivation behind this and the content that I’ll be
discussing on it. At the same time that it is helping you, answering these
questions is giving me a better understanding of what I want to accomplish
through this blog. With that being said…
(Disclaimer: There may or may not be a few bad jokes
strewn around in this post. This post is being written sans a good night’s sleep.
Take that as you will. Knowing myself though, this bad joke thing might make
its way into the majority of these blog posts.)
Who: Me. Trevor
James Hogg. UW-Madison junior. Jesus is
my Lord and Savior, and I have no idea what I would be without him….well, I
have some idea. Nothing. I’m a huge sports fan, am in school to become a nurse,
and I love to act. There are interests all across the board.
What: A blog.
This summer, I’m going on a Summer Project with Cru, a summer-long missions
trip and leadership training. I’ve spent the last few months sending out
letters and making phone calls to fundraise for this trip. This blog is a great
way to keep all of my supporters up-to-date with what God is going to be
teaching me this summer. That being said, if you were not directly involved
with my support raising, I still eagerly want you to be a part of my summer and
keep updated! My intent is to update this blog weekly. While there will be
exceptions, the general format will be to begin by describing a certain event
or instance in the last week that sticks out to me, and then I will talk about
how that event relates to some Scriptural truth or an experience that I’ve had
in my walk with the Lord. I’ll find Scripture that highlights this truth and
put some commentary on it. Though my Biblical commentary may not be
professional, I’ll trust in God to give me the words to represent Him and His
word, perhaps not always eloquently, but truthfully.
When: Primarily,
this summer, once a week! If I get hooked on this whole blogging thing (a
definite possibility) then I could see myself continuing to update this
throughout the school year as well. If I continued it in the school year, there
might be a few more explicitly secular posts. (YouTube link to Stuff Christians Say)
Where: Seaside
Heights, New Jersey! Jersey Shore Summer Project 2013! GTL (God, Tan, Laundry) à
Exhibit A of Trevor’s All-Nighter-Induced Bad Jokes. I’m just too lazy to erase
at this point….But considering I’ve erased at least 5 things in this post, I’m
feeling a tinch hypocritical right now. No condemnation.
Why: See the “What” portion. I kinda got
carried away in that portion, making this part a little bit awkward.
So there’s that, folks. My first blog post is in the bag.
What bag is it in, you ask? Great question. I have absolutely no idea. This car
is more crammed than my Educational Psychology final exam material. So which
bag it’s in is anyone’s guess at this point.
If you didn’t exit out of this tab and go back to Facebook
after reading the terrible GTL joke and are still reading, thank you! Stick
around for number 2! (That rhymed,
unintentional.)
Cordially,
Trevor Hogg
