What is In Progress?

For over a decade, the thing that brought me (Fitz) the most joy (outside of family and friends, of course) was blogging and publishing commentary on religion, culture, and politics. But then, at some point, this kind of writing began to feel laborious, even harmful. I always felt like I had to comment on everything, and it wasn’t good. So I quit and went and got a PhD. But the thing is, there was a lot of good that I threw out with the bad—I loved connecting with people who were thinking about the same issues and I made a lot friends—actual IRL friends—through writing and responding. “In Progress” was the name of my very first blog, the place where I fell in love with blogging, so I wanted to bring it back, hoping to rekindle the old flame. But, instead of a blog, it’s a newsletter, and I’m really interested to see how this more intimate format might allay some of the issues I had with blogging.

Importantly, I’m not doing this alone. I’m very happy to share this platform with friends and colleagues — fellow writers in progress.

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