Blogging 101 - Faith Today magazine
Some time ago I got a call from one of my favourite bloggers (and writers in general), Darryl Dash, asking me some questions on blogging. It was for an article in Faith Today on why Christians need to pay attention to the blogging phenomenon. Today I received my copy of the July/August edition of the magazine (it's 25th anniversary edition, no less) with the article inside.
In "Blogging 101: What is this thing people do on the internet and why should I care?", Darryl offers an excellent introduction to blogging and how it is being used by various Canadian Christians. In addition to myself, he also shared about Jordon Cooper (a blogger & friend who sets the bar for Canadian Christian blogging), Denyse O'Leary (Roman Catholic journalist), John Stackhouse Jr (Regent prof) and Deborah Gyapong (journalist). Darryl humbly didn't mention his own blog, though it is well worth the attention (especially this recent post - Church of the Broken)(ht:Grace).
It was a privilege to be included in the piece, especially in such an important edition. If you can get your hands on it, it is worth it. Here's a snippet of what I contributed:
"Blogging is a tool. It's a medium that be used for just about anything. It's neither inherently good or bad. It's what we bring to it. My hope is that blogging can be a seminal palce for developing a new approach to creating community and conversation, levelling the playing field, creating safe places for vulnerability."
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