In 2007 I began blogging. My first blog, unread by anyone but me, was an announcement that I was leaving my then employer, Oxford Youth Works, and going to begin my studies at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Five years, a BA, (nearly) an MA and an additional child in the family later, I am using my blog for the same purpose – to announce another stage in the Holloway journey. For we are leaving the sturdy city of rust and corn for the hilly climbs of Maryland. I begin work later next month as the Minister for Youth and College at Fourth Presbyterian Church (EPC), Bethesda, MD (here). We leave Lombard,…