Welcome to my Blog!

Welcome to my first blog entry! Wow–this has been a dream of mine for so many years. It used to just cross my mind that maybe I could dabble with a blog because I do enjoy writing. But it was always a fleeting thought. I was entertaining that thought during a morning run about ten years ago and started pondering what I would call said blog. Almost immediately the title “Cleft Dweller” came to mind. The name has never left me. (My second post will further explain the name.)

In 2019 I began working very part time as a ministry assistant for the small congregation where I worshiped and served. As part of my duties I would send a weekly update to inform our church family of upcoming events and I would begin the update with a brief reflection on the sermon or something from the service that past Sunday. After several weeks I began straying from strictly reflecting on the past weekend to reflecting on something from my own life that had occurred that week. Eventually, this seemed to morph into a blog of sorts, but it was always part of that weekly update. I so appreciate my friends who would read those introductory thoughts and give me feedback and encouragement. It meant the world to me and gave me the courage to finally commit to this journey. You see, that weekly update email is no longer a task of mine, so you are now viewing what will be my new outlet for writing!

I invite you to join me on this journey and would love to have you follow my blog, make comments, and share this with your friends. I promise my posts will always be brief, to the point and hopefully encouraging or entertaining in some way. Let’s get this party started!