Wow, it's been a busy spring! I was a bit ashamed to look back on my blog and see that I haven't posted since February! Somehow, I think I'm missing the mark that Eric Sink has painted on transparency for a software company.

In that vein, I thought it would be good to let you in on what's been going on lately with Doxology Software. My first post had a rather poetic discourse on what I was going to cover in my blog...the problems with church software, how we'll fix it, etc. It's painfully obvious from the meager number of posts and their rather mundane titles that none of these topics has been discussed here on the blog. I figured I should tell you why.

The first problem is a lack of time.

Well, let me back up. First, I should tell you that all those things I discussed in my first post are very much on my mind. I have a lot I want to say about them. I want to hear from you about them. I have big dreams that I hope are from God. I have ideas I'd love to discuss; I have opinions that I'd like to share; I have ears that are itching to hear your thoughts. The problem is time...actually a lack of time.

Right now Doxology Software is just me. While that keeps costs down ;-), it means that I'm really, really busy. I have to do everything around here. :-) That means I've had little time to post on my blog.

Lately what's keeping me busy is some consulting work. I'm doing some web site building for a few ministries and companies here in the Knoxville area. This brings in money so that I can buy the fuel I need to do the big dreamy stuff that I haven't gotten to talk about on my blog. Hopefully as these commitments are met, I'll have more time to devote to discussing that dreamy stuff here.

The second reason is that I've been struggling lately with God's will. Without going into too many specifics, let it suffice to say that I just want to be 100% sure that this company is his idea and not mine before I get too far into it.

Have you ever wanted something so badly but you weren't sure that it was the right thing for you to have? That's the way I've felt about Doxology Software for a while now. I think God has gifted me with some software engineering skills that He wants me to use for His glory. But I don't want to just assume that because I love something, it's what He wants me to do.

Look at David. David wanted desperately to build a temple for God's glory, but God shut the door on David because David was a man of war. God instead wanted David's son Solomon to build his temple. Paul is another example. He wanted to go throughout Asia Minor to share the gospel, but God closed that door on him. Even Jesus' own disciples were driven by ambitions of being the highest-ranking politicians in Jesus' earthly kingdom...a task that was never to be theirs.

My point is this: if I'm going to invest the necessary time to run Doxology Software well, then I want it to be God's idea. I want it to be obedience to God's will done in God's way and in God's timing.

So, if you're thinking that things are moving a bit slow, you're right. They are. But before I open the throttle, I want to be sure I'm pointed in the right direction!