What kind of mix are you looking for? I think collaborative blogging is a great idea.
Beyond Words
· 2 years ago
What kind of mix are you looking for? I think collaborative blogging is a great idea.
Miracle
· 2 years ago
I would love to help provide a post a week. You can check out my writing style at my blog (my name links to it). We are also trying to do a similar thing with a blog at Ginkworld.
Miracle
· 2 years ago
I would love to help provide a post a week. You can check out my writing style at my blog (my name links to it). We are also trying to do a similar thing with a blog at Ginkworld.
James
· 2 years ago
i used to be a big fan of collaborative blogs until i noticed that they often ended up just re-creating the wheel on a micro-network scale by simply cross-posting all over the place. it was rare that authors of personal AND collaborative blogs would only post on one or the other.
instead of creating MORE content, it just created more BUZZ - making it harder to navigate through my favorite blogs for something i hadn't read already.
my suggestion would be to simply post more links to the kind of content you're interested in generating. that or commissioning "exclusive" posts....
James
· 2 years ago
i used to be a big fan of collaborative blogs until i noticed that they often ended up just re-creating the wheel on a micro-network scale by simply cross-posting all over the place. it was rare that authors of personal AND collaborative blogs would only post on one or the other.
instead of creating MORE content, it just created more BUZZ - making it harder to navigate through my favorite blogs for something i hadn't read already.
my suggestion would be to simply post more links to the kind of content you're interested in generating. that or commissioning "exclusive" posts....
Brother Tadhg
· 2 years ago
Hi Sure, I'm very interested in the idea. Ciao Tadhg
Brother Tadhg
· 2 years ago
Hi Sure, I'm very interested in the idea. Ciao Tadhg
Aaron Ivey
· 2 years ago
yeah - i think this is a really good idea... 1-2 posts a day definitely increases readership...
Aaron Ivey
· 2 years ago
yeah - i think this is a really good idea... 1-2 posts a day definitely increases readership...
I really identify with what you're doing in MN. I am a non-denominational church planter with no Bible degrees whatsoever (just a minor in Bible) pastoring a venue-style "church" in the nightclub district of a college town.
I think it will be a good thing if it's well-organized, and if you (Mark) take the lead in encouraging certain types of posts to be written. I think I would personally do the best if I can do a combination of self-initiated writing, and assigned writing.
I really identify with what you're doing in MN. I am a non-denominational church planter with no Bible degrees whatsoever (just a minor in Bible) pastoring a venue-style "church" in the nightclub district of a college town.
I think it will be a good thing if it's well-organized, and if you (Mark) take the lead in encouraging certain types of posts to be written. I think I would personally do the best if I can do a combination of self-initiated writing, and assigned writing.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Ryan Wiksell
· 2 years ago
sorry about the mess up there, with the linkage.
Ryan Wiksell
· 2 years ago
sorry about the mess up there, with the linkage.
Daniel
· 2 years ago
Mark,
I would agree that a couple of additional bloggers would increase readership. The key, I think, would be to find 3-4 others who are, in your words, "sympathetic" but who have related but distinct style and content. They should be related but distinct.
I would encourage you to go out and invite particular individuals who will add to the conversation of the blog and add readers who are "sympathetic" to you but maybe aren't quite "in to" some of the things that you write about well.
peace, courage, joy, Daniel
Daniel
· 2 years ago
Mark,
I would agree that a couple of additional bloggers would increase readership. The key, I think, would be to find 3-4 others who are, in your words, "sympathetic" but who have related but distinct style and content. They should be related but distinct.
I would encourage you to go out and invite particular individuals who will add to the conversation of the blog and add readers who are "sympathetic" to you but maybe aren't quite "in to" some of the things that you write about well.
peace, courage, joy, Daniel
Ariah Fine
· 2 years ago
I'd be interested in hearing more.
Ariah Fine
· 2 years ago
I'd be interested in hearing more.
forrest curo
· 2 years ago
I've been trying to do a similar thing specifically with Quakers, and the problem has been not finding enough people interested enough in keeping it going.
I would like to post here; the possible difficulty is that I'm the sort of Christian who if anyone asks me whether I'm a Christian will usually answer "What do you mean by that?"...
(If I ever find out what "being a Christian" is "supposed to" mean, I'd very much like to be that! I see a great many people who've become blessings in the effort, and some who've very publically uglified the very idea--and it isn't necessarily a matter of historical accuracy, except for the fact that the man lived a real life & stood for something that people still instinctively know & yearn for & shy away from!
I've just started reading JD Crossan's _God & Empire_, finding it, so far, right on the edge of this question of what it means to live in God's Kingdom vs the Kingdom of GW & his accomplices & dupes. I'll let you know if I find out; meanwhile I just go on fishing for Guidance, receiving whatever daily bread & daily inspiration I've needed so far. (So are we called to join some specific Way of Life, aside from that ongoing effort to keep listening & watching for further instructions?)
forrest curo
· 2 years ago
I've been trying to do a similar thing specifically with Quakers, and the problem has been not finding enough people interested enough in keeping it going.
I would like to post here; the possible difficulty is that I'm the sort of Christian who if anyone asks me whether I'm a Christian will usually answer "What do you mean by that?"...
(If I ever find out what "being a Christian" is "supposed to" mean, I'd very much like to be that! I see a great many people who've become blessings in the effort, and some who've very publically uglified the very idea--and it isn't necessarily a matter of historical accuracy, except for the fact that the man lived a real life & stood for something that people still instinctively know & yearn for & shy away from!
I've just started reading JD Crossan's _God & Empire_, finding it, so far, right on the edge of this question of what it means to live in God's Kingdom vs the Kingdom of GW & his accomplices & dupes. I'll let you know if I find out; meanwhile I just go on fishing for Guidance, receiving whatever daily bread & daily inspiration I've needed so far. (So are we called to join some specific Way of Life, aside from that ongoing effort to keep listening & watching for further instructions?)
Bill Huffhine
· 2 years ago
Hey bro!
I'm not sure if I'm what you're looking for, but I'd be happy to work with you on the Manifesto. Check out http://awaitingrain.typepad.com and if you think I may be a fit, let me know.
I've been enjoying your blog for several months now and would consider it an honor to contribute.
Bill Huffhine
· 2 years ago
Hey bro!
I'm not sure if I'm what you're looking for, but I'd be happy to work with you on the Manifesto. Check out http://awaitingrain.typepad.com and if you think I may be a fit, let me know.
I've been enjoying your blog for several months now and would consider it an honor to contribute.
Kyle
· 2 years ago
Having a few different voices talk around some unified themes does make a blog more interesting. But I mostly blog about the Eucharist, new monasticism and Stan Hauerwas, and almost not at all in the last two months as I've finished my dissertation.
I don't know if you've read any of my stuff, or just click through when I harass you here. I could contribute a fortnightly post on new monasticism or something, if you're all hot for my particular brand of snarkiness. I like what you're about. You know, NOT the Empire.
Kyle
· 2 years ago
Having a few different voices talk around some unified themes does make a blog more interesting. But I mostly blog about the Eucharist, new monasticism and Stan Hauerwas, and almost not at all in the last two months as I've finished my dissertation.
I don't know if you've read any of my stuff, or just click through when I harass you here. I could contribute a fortnightly post on new monasticism or something, if you're all hot for my particular brand of snarkiness. I like what you're about. You know, NOT the Empire.
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instead of creating MORE content, it just created more BUZZ - making it harder to navigate through my favorite blogs for something i hadn't read already.
my suggestion would be to simply post more links to the kind of content you're interested in generating. that or commissioning "exclusive" posts....
instead of creating MORE content, it just created more BUZZ - making it harder to navigate through my favorite blogs for something i hadn't read already.
my suggestion would be to simply post more links to the kind of content you're interested in generating. that or commissioning "exclusive" posts....
Sure, I'm very interested in the idea.
Ciao
Tadhg
Sure, I'm very interested in the idea.
Ciao
Tadhg
I really identify with what you're doing in MN. I am a non-denominational church planter with no Bible degrees whatsoever (just a minor in Bible) pastoring a venue-style "church" in the nightclub district of a college town.
I think it will be a good thing if it's well-organized, and if you (Mark) take the lead in encouraging certain types of posts to be written. I think I would personally do the best if I can do a combination of self-initiated writing, and assigned writing.
Thanks for the opportunity!
I really identify with what you're doing in MN. I am a non-denominational church planter with no Bible degrees whatsoever (just a minor in Bible) pastoring a venue-style "church" in the nightclub district of a college town.
I think it will be a good thing if it's well-organized, and if you (Mark) take the lead in encouraging certain types of posts to be written. I think I would personally do the best if I can do a combination of self-initiated writing, and assigned writing.
Thanks for the opportunity!
I would agree that a couple of additional bloggers would increase readership. The key, I think, would be to find 3-4 others who are, in your words, "sympathetic" but who have related but distinct style and content. They should be related but distinct.
I would encourage you to go out and invite particular individuals who will add to the conversation of the blog and add readers who are "sympathetic" to you but maybe aren't quite "in to" some of the things that you write about well.
peace, courage, joy,
Daniel
I would agree that a couple of additional bloggers would increase readership. The key, I think, would be to find 3-4 others who are, in your words, "sympathetic" but who have related but distinct style and content. They should be related but distinct.
I would encourage you to go out and invite particular individuals who will add to the conversation of the blog and add readers who are "sympathetic" to you but maybe aren't quite "in to" some of the things that you write about well.
peace, courage, joy,
Daniel
I would like to post here; the possible difficulty is that I'm the sort of Christian who if anyone asks me whether I'm a Christian will usually answer "What do you mean by that?"...
(If I ever find out what "being a Christian" is "supposed to" mean, I'd very much like to be that! I see a great many people who've become blessings in the effort, and some who've very publically uglified the very idea--and it isn't necessarily a matter of historical accuracy, except for the fact that the man lived a real life & stood for something that people still instinctively know & yearn for & shy away from!
I've just started reading JD Crossan's _God & Empire_, finding it, so far, right on the edge of this question of what it means to live in God's Kingdom vs the Kingdom of GW & his accomplices & dupes. I'll let you know if I find out; meanwhile I just go on fishing for Guidance, receiving whatever daily bread & daily inspiration I've needed so far. (So are we called to join some specific Way of Life, aside from that ongoing effort to keep listening & watching for further instructions?)
I would like to post here; the possible difficulty is that I'm the sort of Christian who if anyone asks me whether I'm a Christian will usually answer "What do you mean by that?"...
(If I ever find out what "being a Christian" is "supposed to" mean, I'd very much like to be that! I see a great many people who've become blessings in the effort, and some who've very publically uglified the very idea--and it isn't necessarily a matter of historical accuracy, except for the fact that the man lived a real life & stood for something that people still instinctively know & yearn for & shy away from!
I've just started reading JD Crossan's _God & Empire_, finding it, so far, right on the edge of this question of what it means to live in God's Kingdom vs the Kingdom of GW & his accomplices & dupes. I'll let you know if I find out; meanwhile I just go on fishing for Guidance, receiving whatever daily bread & daily inspiration I've needed so far. (So are we called to join some specific Way of Life, aside from that ongoing effort to keep listening & watching for further instructions?)
I'm not sure if I'm what you're looking for, but I'd be happy to work with you on the Manifesto. Check out http://awaitingrain.typepad.com and if you think I may be a fit, let me know.
I've been enjoying your blog for several months now and would consider it an honor to contribute.
I'm not sure if I'm what you're looking for, but I'd be happy to work with you on the Manifesto. Check out http://awaitingrain.typepad.com and if you think I may be a fit, let me know.
I've been enjoying your blog for several months now and would consider it an honor to contribute.
I don't know if you've read any of my stuff, or just click through when I harass you here. I could contribute a fortnightly post on new monasticism or something, if you're all hot for my particular brand of snarkiness. I like what you're about. You know, NOT the Empire.
I don't know if you've read any of my stuff, or just click through when I harass you here. I could contribute a fortnightly post on new monasticism or something, if you're all hot for my particular brand of snarkiness. I like what you're about. You know, NOT the Empire.