Greg Rittler

There are a lot of people who think that blogging is a self-absorbed, trendy fad that is going away soon. It might be. But here is why I like the trend: I get to still keep in touch with people that otherwise I would never know anything about.

For example check out this blog. Sarah was a kid in a youth group that I helped to lead back in the early ’90’s. I haven’t seen Sarah in probably at least 7 years. That is until last year. Then I saw Sara all the time. I didn’t see her in person. I saw her on Facebook. Then I saw her on Twitter. Then I saw her blog. As a result I have gotten to reconnect with Sarah and get to know about some of her life even though she lives halfway across the country with her husband and kids.

Here are just a few of the things that I know now:

• Sarah is a great writer and blogs more consistently than anyone I know who has a personal blog. In fact she has written 575 posts in the last 2 years. That’s a lot of writing and she is good at it.
• Sarah is a great cook and shares her talent with lots of people through her blog. I haven’t tried her recipes yet, but I have 3-4 that I am going to soon (the chicken piccata looks awesome).
• Sarah has a great family and cares a ton about her kids and husband.
• Sarah is real and authentic and writes about stuff that is really cool to read about.
• Sarah has a deep and inspirational faith – that encourages me to think about my own faith and ask questions. I really appreciate that.

I could go on, but you get the point. Now get out there and find out about someone you care about, or share with people who care about you. It’s the new way the world works – if you want it to.

Keep moving forward,

Greg

p.s. I forgot a bullet that I should have included – she is a great photographer also!