I see this thread has been resolved, but I have the exact same question and don’t know much about wordpress. Basically, I don’t understand the process described above, but I would really like to set up one of my pages as a “page of posts.”
Like Jared, I don’t want a static front page. I want to have the regular blog homepage, and then a separate page where I can write posts from time to time.
I would really appreciate it if someone could give me some basic instructions about how to get this working! Thanks.