I don’t like typepad.  It has served me well, but it costs money, but doesn’t function nearly as well as WordPress.  I am notorious for changing my typepad design almost every month.  It is just that I don’t like any of the pre-built typepad themes and I get sick of them so damn fast.  Wordpress is infinitely customizeable.  And while I could do some of my own customization in Typepad, it is nothing compared to the general ease at which I can tweak WordPress–and I get much more savory results.  For example, look at Missio Dei’s website, which I built using WordPress.  It is so clean, yet stylish.  I want to do the same thing for this blog, but if I migrate this blog, I’d probably want to switch my other Typepad blogs (like the Pub Gathering, and Twin Cities Emergent Cohort) but I lack the gumption to make such a move.  I wish all of my blogs, including Missio Dei looked professional…and I wish that my blog, Missio-Dei.com, and the Pub Gathering site had a similar look and feel.  But I lack the skills to take things to the next level.

In my lamentation over blog suckiness, I have decided to make this blog very minimalistic until I can make it look good. 

About Mark Van Steenwyk

Mark Van Steenwyk is a member of Missio Dei. He is a speaker, writer, educator, and grassroots organizer. With the support of the Central Plains Mennonite Conference, he travels to radical and intentional communities around the country to help network and offer support.