{"id":3948,"date":"2008-08-25T07:52:10","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T13:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=3948"},"modified":"2013-06-11T07:43:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T13:43:38","slug":"how-then-shall-we-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/how-then-shall-we-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"how then shall we blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that I’m reading more and more<\/span> thoughts from followers of Christ (and maybe those who aren’t) who are looking at the proper etiquette and attitude we should have towards blogging. <\/p>\n

Brian McLaren<\/strong> said in a recent interview:<\/p>\n

It’s way easier to talk than to actually do, and the people I respect the most spend less and less time critiquing and more and more time serving, loving, showing hospitality, listening, visiting, solving, caring, worshiping, praying, and so on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know for myself, I hope my blog shares more good than bad. I hope I’m writing for the common good rather than casting judgment or slinging arrows from afar. I hope my writing is amusing for some and causes others to think. I hope that the stories and thoughts I share preach good news to the poor, free the prisoners, give sight to the blind, release oppression and proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. I know this isn’t a hard and fast creed of mine. I don’t double check what I write by these standards (probably even less so when it comes to politics) but I hope that some of these thoughts\/standards\/ideas become more fast and true when it comes to what I share here on my blog.<\/p>\n

I started my blog back in 2005 originally as a way to share some of my thoughts\/columns\/writings I had after the death of my sister. The blog then developed into a cross between a place to share my weekly newspaper column with friends and family as well as a “link dump” in which I shared things I came across that I might have formerly e-mailed to a mass group in my address book (wish more people would take that route). Of course like all things, it’s evolved from that somewhat over the last 3 years.<\/p>\n

It’s still a link dump at times (especially thanks to the automatic delicious<\/a> link posts), its still commentary on how I see life and its a place where from time to time I share what’s going on in my world (although Twitter<\/a> and Flickr<\/a> have become the primary aggregates for that information.<\/p>\n

Anyways….<\/p>\n

I hope that this blog does more to show the good in people and ideas rather than the bad. I hope it holds to a generous orthodoxy. And I hope you still enjoy it regardless and you often walk away seeing things in a different light.<\/p>\n

On that note, Tall Skinny Kiwi<\/a> shares a poem he wrote back in 2005. (still trying to get back in touch with him for a podcast interview<\/a>).<\/p>\n

how shall we then blog<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

with smile<\/em> we publish glad tidings daily
\nwith giggle<\/em> we reveal our mundane humanity
\nwith sigh<\/em> we mirror the tragedies of broken people
\nwith shout<\/em> we send healing words through a keyboard
\nwith bitten lip<\/em> we offer more cheek to those who despise us
\nwith double-take<\/em> we acknowledge the publisher on the screen
\nwith mumbling<\/em> we paint mysteries with strange palette
\nwith softened voice<\/em> we offer answer from ourselves
\nwith whisper<\/em> we speak beyond ourselves
\nwith twinkle<\/em> we welcome past friends<\/p>\n

to reawaken childhood dreams
\nto publish our journeys
\nto record our stories
\nto be noticed
\nto be heard
\nto point to
\nothers
\nwho
\nmust
\nbe heard also. <\/p>\n

what standards do you try to uphold when blogging? what attitudes do you try to follow? what is challenging about it for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

related ::<\/strong>
\nduncan mcfadzean :: blogging is not the solution<\/span>
\njesus manifesto :: brian mclaren – a new kind of ancient<\/a>
\ntall skinny kiwi :: how then shall we blog<\/a>
\nSSL :: first blog post<\/a>
\nmy links on delicious<\/a>
\nmy micro-blogging on twitter<\/a>
\nmy photos on flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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