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This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus your own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.

The wildly popular and successful “Denver Catholic Biblical School” program is now in Virginia! The Catholic Biblical School was founded almost 40 years ago in the Archdiocese of Denver in response to the Second Vatican Council’s call for a renewal of Scripture study among the people of God. It has made the inspired Word of God come alive for thousands of adult students across the State of Colorado and in sister schools in various dioceses in the country. For the first time, classes were launched in Virginia, at Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Winchester, in the fall of 2020. A morning and an evening session were offered on Tuesdays for adult students to attend based on their schedules. An astonishing 200 students enrolled, breaking all records! The goal is to serve other parishes within the Arlington diocese in the near future.

The Catholic Biblical School is a four-year journey through every book of the Bible (see topics below) taught live and in-person by an engaging, qualified instructor who holds at least a MA in theology or scripture. Students meet for two hours, once a week for 30 weeks from September to May, to hear a lecture on the material and meet in small groups to discuss their weekly assignments. Students pay $600 a year in tuition, plus a registration fee. Various scholarships are offered to students, especially for those working in any capacity for the Catholic Church.

• Year 1, “From Eden to Exile,” covers the Old Testament Salvation history from Genesis to Maccabees.
• Year 2, “Proclaiming the Kingdom,” covers the Synoptics, Acts, and Epistles of Paul.
• Year 3, “A Future and a Hope,” covers the Prophets.
• Year 4, “Wisdom and the Word,” cover the Wisdom Literature, Catholic Epistles, and St. John’s writings.

Dr. Nicholas Lebish, the former Director of the Denver Catholic Biblical and Catechetical Schools (which comprised the Lay Division of St. John Vianney Theology Seminary), was hired to launch the program at Sacred Heart of Jesus. In his position leading the Denver program Nicholas grew the Biblical School 125% in five years to serve 2,500 students in 75 parishes throughout Colorado. He is teaching the First Year courses and building a team of instructors to teach subsequent years of the program. God willing, the program will be offered in Spanish as well once the Denver team is finished translating the program.