Here we go...
Cheers to the scaries of going public.
Going public is hard (for me).
But first…
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Why this, why now
For a few years now, I've been writing on & off and haven't had the courage to put my writing anywhere public. To be fair, I still don't feel the courage I thought I'd need but I simply want to let it out now.
So here we go, embarking on a new chapter for me, one where I’m pulling back the curtain a bit on the inner wonderful mess of my life with God.
I chose today to go public because I’ve skipped hundreds of past todays, so this one’s as good as any.
You may have seen Ruik Writes on Instagram, but I haven’t been active there in a long time because it never felt like a good fit for me. I have found Substack to be a much quieter place, one where I don’t have to wade through / fight off the flashy noise and one where it feels safe and approachable to build an online community.
Speaking of community
I want to foster a space where written creativity meets the daily stuff of a life of faith in God. I want a space where ambivalence is allowed to breathe.
Ambivalence has become a friend of mine these days. Life so often is not one thing or the other. Life in all its moments is so often an intersection of happiness and sadness, fear and confidence, love and hate, gratitude and envy etc. at the same time. I desire to create a space where we can ask the uncomfortable, lean into the mystery and move slowly with the lanterns that seem to illuminate only our immediate surroundings in spite of us wanting to see it all at once.
By the way, what is this?
Just in case you missed it you can peruse my About page for more of the what/why of my writing.
On time
So as I feel out this whole publishing thing I don’t want to commit to a schedule just yet, although I will aim to release one piece per week.
So without further ado…
