I’ve been going through more and more church bulletins for a project I’m doing. I ran across this statement in a bulletin:

“What you are about to read is for me. You are welcome to read it, but do not be surprised if it doesn’t mean anything to you. ”
Joey Davis
November 14, 1993

It is interesting that someone would write a bulletin article simply for himself. Much like how I write things for this webpage. I write for myself and not simply for my readers. That statement was made on his 7th bulletin article. Maybe it was meant for the rest of his hundreds of bulletin articles. Maybe Joey was blogging before it was known as blogging. Simply a public journal in the pages of a church bulletin. Telling stories about his life, his family, growing up…etc.
Of course at one point or another it was meant to build up, to encourage others, to impart some type of Biblical meaning.. If by telling stories of one’s life it tends to encourage others, then so be it. He had a good job if he gets paid to blog.