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Blogging sabbatical, digging up bones

It’s that time of the year when I spend four to six weeks doing family history research, which takes nearly every minute of my spare time (nights and weekends). I normally start in mid-December, but this year I’m running a little behind because I’m trying to learn a new Macintosh genealogy program, iFamily for Tiger. [...]

Posted 04 January 2008 § Daily Scribe § Genealogy § Mac Software § Technology ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Sneaking in a little encouragement now and then

Many of my regular readers will be surprised and delighted to know that not all things are as gloomy as I sometimes portray them. I’m one of those “glass is half empty” types, but it’s amazing how God brings certain people into my life—to speak a word of wisdom or direction or encouragement—just when I [...]

Posted 17 December 2007 § Authenticity § Christian life § Daily Scribe § Ministry § Missions § Personal § Relational Christianity § Technology § marginalized ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Thin Edge’s Top 10 for 2007

Taking a look at my blog statistics, using Google Analytics, is always an interesting exercise even though I do not write for ratings or traffic or monetary gain. I write about the things that interest me, not an imagined audience; and I recognize that not everyone enjoys my melancholy perspective and my unnerving transparency about [...]

Posted 06 December 2007 § Authenticity § Daily Scribe § Transparency § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Blogging is dangerous for pastors!

David Hayward has been journaling for years, even though he admits that blogging has almost replaced that previous discipline. In Wounded and Proud of It! he writes:
Since I started blogging, I’ve had more people pitying me, feeling sorry for me, and being offended by me than ever before. I’m now being labeled wounded, depressed, [...]

Posted 27 October 2007 § Authenticity § Pastor § Transparency ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Trading safety for convenience

I spent hours last night composing a new blog entry regarding the first chapter of Total Church, but lost the entire thing due to a computer malfunction (an extremely rare occurrence on my Macintosh). Rather than write the entry in a text editor, like I normally do, I made the mistake of trusting the online [...]

Posted 15 October 2007 § Personal § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Interactive “quickies” about blogging

I'm curious by nature. In one day I read a news report of the political implications of the blog revolution in China and the next day an article declares "the death of blogs." So I've decided to run an informal series of "quickie" posts designed to ask one question per day about your blogging experience.
Suggestions [...]

Posted 07 October 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,