The blog started on February 18, 2011. A pastor- friend, Jonan B. Castillon, advised and taught me blogging to help my healing process. I was at the peak of service when attacked by chronic heart ailment, compounded by unusual nerve disorder. Such condition has constrained my active life of service for more than a year now. Most of my time is spent at home due to limited mobility, making me vulnerable to discouragement and depression.
My friend’s advice worked. I found joy in blogging. My
interest in writing was revived. Rather than fretting over my limited mobility,
I made use of my time in blogging. I poured out my thoughts and emotion into
the blog and found relief. Hence, I opened another blog to ventilate
my suppressed commitment to the service of the people towards development. Its
first name was Networking-for-holistic-development. Later, I
changed the name to Development concepts, issues and concerns to
broaden its coverage. Recently, however, it was renamed Social Work and Development to
give it a focus.
The inspiration continued. Hence, I created a sharing
blog, Faith Journey,
serving as forum for life and faith experiences of people who have
survived the test of times and circumstances. Likewise, a venue for sharing and
learning from one another so that others would also find inspiration in
their faith journey.
Learning and enjoying the blogging world, I decided to
maximize the beauty of web linkages and networking. Hence, another blog to
provide an opportunity for others to share their resources. Dubbed Resource Sharing for
Development, this blog is an attempt to widen my services to humanity
through linkages and networking of developmental and service-oriented blogs and
bloggers.
With four blogs to maintain, my mind had been busy. Slowly,
my focus was diverted. Instead of spending most of my time observing my
seemingly deteriorating condition, I was obliged to give time to my blogs. My
vulnerability to depression caused by the delay in healing process started to
diminish. There was a paradigm shift in my mind and heart. The delay of
complete healing became an opportunity to evaluate my life and faith. I have
more time for self and family. More time to read the bible, pray, meditate,
reflect, put faith into action in almost all aspects of life. All the wonderful
things previously deprived of me due to very hectic schedule prior to ailment.
By creating a family blog i.e. Lariza. Website, I tried to
consolidate all my other blogs to continue my service and ministry. Hopefully,
to give inspiration and restoration of self-confidence for those
who are devastated by harsh realities of life in various forms.
But my blogging exodus did not end there. Before the
resumption of my hectic schedule, I succeeded to create three more blogs. Both are official web sites of the organizations
my wife and I helped put up. NETSnews for
an independent inter-denominational seminary based in Escalante City,
Negros Occidental. ICON
Network, official website of the Iloilo Coalition of NGOs and POs- a
network of non-government organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations
(POs) in Iloilo. And CPU
Catalyzer, publication of the Department of Social Work, Central Philippine
University.
The development in blogging and subsequent inspiration to me
has been reflective in my health condition. While I have not mastered yet all
the blogging technology, I feel contented to see the progress. Likewise,
although I have not fully recovered as far as my health condition is
concerned, I appreciate any progress big or small.
However, my hectic schedule, especially when I resumed my
work, constrained me to update all my blogs. It’s good that the 2012 Christmas break has given me time to visit my blogs, review and evaluate
them. Subsequently, I have decided to give each blog a focus or niche and
transfer respective posts to where they belong. More so, that the alarming
trend in our religious organizations has inspired me to create another blog
that will focus on the Convention Baptist Ministers Association and Convention
of Philippine Baptist Churches.
PADAYON KATIPAN serves
as reminder to keep up the covenant, to continue the good things we have
started, especially for the development of our pastors.
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