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Get Your Church Online: What’s Your Address? - ChurchCrunch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:03:32 +0000

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By: Mikes

Mikes — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:38:06 +0000

I have a personal mission for my site and I'm gonna fulfill it for God's glory. I am blogging now to spread God's word through the web and I believe that this is the way i can reach out to people. It doesn't depend on when you started or you're already late, it depends on how God can use you and your blog to glorify his name!<3

By: John

John — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:16:17 +0000

@Brandon

Great thought about relevancy. Let’s be revolutionary!

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:59:11 +0000

My first blog post was June 2, 2005. One thing I’ve focused on in the last three years is just blogging to communicate with those who will listen. I’ve never worried about whether my ministry blog was viable, or whether it could compete or not – I just blogged, and there have been some amazing conversations to rise out of it.

One thing Paul fails to address is the fact that Google helps with the relevancy issue. Sure there are a ton of junk blogs out there – Google even referred to the web as a cesspool. But relevant content still has a way of rising.

Also, open media is, I believe, as revolutionary today as Gutenburg’s press was a half a century ago. Imagine if 20 years after the first Bible was printed we said, “You know what? Lots of books are being printed now and there’s a lot of junk coming off the presses – so let’s just quit and leave printing to the junk producers.” Ludicrous – you blog to reach the world, the culture where it is now.

I think I’ll go blog about this…

By: John

John — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:47:44 +0000

@Ben

Your story = my story.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:08:40 +0000

My blogging story has been like most. I get discouraged and the quality and quantity goes down. Then I discover that someone finds it useful and I get motivated again.

I still think blogging is a powerful medium that holds an important place in the world. I like the immediacy of some of the newer mediums like Twitter, but there’s no substitute for a good, well-written and thoughtful blog post on a topic you are personally invested in.

By: John

John — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:49:18 +0000

@Josh,

Great point about blogging better. Part of why I began splitting up my posts was that my blogging has become pretty much a glorified twitter message and I wasn’t spending much “thought” into them. I’m working it back up…!

@Kevin,

Whoa! It’s the new married man! Yeah, Jason has had just as many downs as ups. Some have called him a coward, others a avante guard hero. Eh.

@Adrian,

Your bottom line is the only thing that counts. Thanks for the encouragement and reminder.

By: Kevin R

Kevin R — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:31:14 +0000

To be honest, Jason Calacanis left blogging because he refused to be honest about his many web failures at Netscape (et. al.) (Some of you may recall the Digg.com rip-off that failed after only a year or so?)

Anyhow, I totally agree with your assessment: don’t give up. While Marshall McCluhan may have been right with his work “The Medium is the Message,” I believe the age-old web axiom that “content is king.” We have a message in Christ that is more personal, more rich, and more important than any other. People love dialog at a safe distance, and I cannot for the life of me think of another medium that is better suited for churches to utilize. If anyone has any ideas, I’d love to hear them.

By: 3amjosh

3amjosh — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:25:28 +0000

I can remember several months back where Jason was starting up with the live streaming on quik.com. He was driving to work in his car, complaining to the guy who stole his marked parking spot, and walking around his office talking about a meeting that was going on.

Calacanis is a smart man, and I highly doubt he will do anything ‘private’ or ‘too big’. He is about numbers, just like any other web entrepreneur is.

I agree that christians should not stop blogging, but perhaps blog more, and especially blog better.

Thanks for the post!