Finishing my close reading of “The Blogging Church” as I flew home for diocesan convention, I realize how quickly things change. Brian Bailey’s tips and cautions all ring true for me so long as I accept the premise that blogging is what it is. I think there may be more, though. For all of us who like to write stuff and have folks comment back, I believe most will not. This poses the biggest problem for blogging in the traditional sense that the book presents so well.
I certainly plan to put into action what Brian has said in my own work as a neophyte blogger (but how long will I stay a neophyte if I follow his advice?). But I see in the architecture of blogging many other possibilities. The private blog that I have helped start at my church is still going almost six months after we had planned to end it. That blog is designed around several folks sharing with each other their thoughts and reflections as they read the Bible together. There, in the privacy of their own blog, they could take advantage of the blogosphere’s design and see their thoughts and relationships develop over time.
Traditional blogging? Not even close. They are not trying to get more readers, or develop more Google hits, or even let their own personal feelings and reflections become part of the wider blog world. But, by using the blog’s inherent design, which promotes this kind of sharing and growing together, they are discovering the Bible to be what it really is, a living, breathing Word. I don’t think any other forum save a daily in-person prayer time could do the same. With the way we choose to live today, there simply is not the opportunity for this kind of communal sharing any other way.
This blog is for the wider world, but I hope that blogging can be even more than that. I hope blogging can help develop the inner world, too. Hmmm. All these thoughts while gripping the handrest of an airplane with all my strength. Look what miracles God can do.
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Finishing my close reading of “The Blogging Church” as I flew home for diocesan convention, I realize how quickly things change. Brian Bailey’s tips and cautions all ring true for me so long as I accept the premise that blogging is what it is. I think there may be more, though. For all of us who like to write stuff and have folks comment back, I believe most will not. This poses the biggest problem for blogging in the traditional sense that the book presents so well.
I certainly plan to put into action what Brian has said in my own work as a neophyte blogger (but how long will I stay a neophyte if I follow his advice?). But I see in the architecture of blogging many other possibilities. The private blog that I have helped start at my church is still going almost six months after we had planned to end it. That blog is designed around several folks sharing with each other their thoughts and reflections as they read the Bible together. There, in the privacy of their own blog, they could take advantage of the blogosphere’s design and see their thoughts and relationships develop over time.
Traditional blogging? Not even close. They are not trying to get more readers, or develop more Google hits, or even let their own personal feelings and reflections become part of the wider blog world. But, by using the blog’s inherent design, which promotes this kind of sharing and growing together, they are discovering the Bible to be what it really is, a living, breathing Word. I don’t think any other forum save a daily in-person prayer time could do the same. With the way we choose to live today, there simply is not the opportunity for this kind of communal sharing any other way.
This blog is for the wider world, but I hope that blogging can be even more than that. I hope blogging can help develop the inner world, too. Hmmm. All these thoughts while gripping the handrest of an airplane with all my strength. Look what miracles God can do.
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