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, the other day and John has written two posts that have really got me thinking about this blog and my whole spritual life in general. I’ve been rolling this around in my head for a couple of days now and need to get my thoughts in order.
The first post is 3 Tips for Not Sucking at ‘Christian’ Blogging. The topic is basically about making your blog accessible to a much larger audience and not making it so “Christian”. Interesting post. I’d have thought the discussion would have been much larger than it turned out. However, while I do agree with him in general, I’m not sure how universal the thoughts are. There may be some blogs that want to be that niche or narrowly focused. I’m basically referring to John’s statement here:
“The reason a Christian often times doesn’t get the respect (and subsequent traffic) is because most Christian blogs are so disproportionately Christian that no one reads their blogs unless they go to the same church, adhere to the same practices, believe in the same doctrinal foundations, or belong to the same denomination.”
I’m going to say again, it probably depends on the focus of the blog itself. I don’t know that every Christian Blog wants to be a Seth Godin or TechCrunch.
But, as I ponder the post, I have to ask myself how it relates to this blog, circle37
? While I don’t necessarily consider myself a great writer, it’s hard to ask the question of do I “suck” at it? Is this blog really doing what it should be doing? Is God in it? Tough questions that really go deep and dig at my confidence and self esteem. But they have to be asked, don’t they?
The second post is Craig Groeschel: ‘To Reach People That No One is Reaching You Have to Do Things that No One is Doing.’
. It’s a video of Craig Groeschel and he says something so simple (aren’t they always), yet so profound, at least it was to me.
“To reach people that no one is reaching, you have to do things that no one is doing.”
I can’t really say why that impacted me as it did. It obviously touched John as well or he wouldn’t have posted it. And again, not the big discussion I thought it would have generated, or what I thought it should have.
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It’s been a strange year for me, these last 12 months. Lots of changes in my life and family. Consequently, it has also caused me to do a lot of soul searching, trying to find what God has called me to and truly pursue it. Maybe that’s why. I’m going to have to assume that there’s a message in there for me.
So why am I writing about these posts? What do they mean for this web site? At this point, I don’t truly know the answer to either of those questions. I plan to keep at it and see where God takes it, for now. As I was writing this post, I keep thinking of Matthew 11:12
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“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.”
Doing things no one else is doing will take that kind of intense pursuit. I do want to be a “forceful man.” And John, thanks for the posts!
What are your thoughts on it? Let’s talk…
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I think we all have to find our own course on the internet. My personal philosophy for my blog is that it needs to be interesting, useful and pleasing to God. I try to keep myself informed of all the best ways to market my blog but at the same time, I am asking God for His wisdom in everyting I do. Thanks for a great post.
That is probably the best we can do, since if it isn’t from God, we “build in vain” as the Good Book says. Thanks for the visit Lorene!