I am mildly dyslexic, which means words and letters have a tendency to jumble up before me; and therefore, I have to spend more time than most to "get it right" when I read aloud. I spent a substantial part of Wednesday and Thursday working to get John 18 & 19 right (notwithstanding the previous readings I made). I did these readings hoping that people would get some meaning from them. I tried to make them as natural sounding, even conversational, as possible so that the listener would get the full impact — the essence — of the message; that maybe they might even be useful to some congregations. Yet, except for a handful of "friends response to these readings I've given have been largely ignored, just like virtually everything else I've posted. Needless to say I am not a little disappointed; which is why I have chosen to suspend my Lectionary readings. I'm NOT looking for a lot of comments or discussions (although that would be nice); rather, a simple "like" or "heart" or "angry" would have been nice, just to know that you've seen and heard my work. Perhaps this may sound egocentric because I'm not pleased with the response. Maybe that's so, maybe to an extent; nevertheless, my primary reason was to give something of meaning to people. However, if no one is interested enough to listen why bother? I have other things "on my plate" with which to focus my attention, primarily that of writing music that also interests nobody. Ergo, my eschewing of future Lectionary readings.
