Results tagged “blogging”
Brian Regan Speaks to Bloggers (06/20/09 - 10 Comments)
Brian Regan is a stand up comedian and is rare among comedians in that he is both hilarious and clean. It seems there was a time when he injected a bit of sketchy material into his routines but, as he said in a recent interview with CNN, he found that he did not need to do this. "I was always 90 to 95 percent clean with my jokes anyways, and I'm kind of anal so,...
2000 (04/22/09 - 23 Comments)
A long time ago I added to this web site a little counter. It is way down at the bottom right of each page and it increments by one number each day. It simply tracks the number of days since I made a commitment to blog every day. That was back on October 1, 2003. I first put it there as a challenge and as a reminder to write something every day. I had found...
Fighting Fire with Fire (04/13/09 - 39 Comments)
In early 2006, firefighters in Orange County, California, anticipating a dangerous forest fire season, began a controlled burn of 10 acres of canyon land forest. They lit a small fire to prevent a bigger fire, attempting to reduce the amount of flammable material that might serve as tinder during the dry season. They thought everything had gone as planned until the winds shifted and picked up. Somewhere in the brush a hot coal sparked a...
Evil as Entertainment (04/06/09 - 79 Comments)
The internet is such a strange phenomenon and one we are really only beginning to understand, at least in terms of its impact on society and faith and family and just about everything else. What passes for entertainment on the internet would, at most other times in history, be regarded as shocking or wasteful or disgusting or maybe just plain absurd. Witness the web sites that offer video after video of people cracking bones doing...
A Question about Advertising (03/10/09 - 53 Comments)
I want to say a word about advertising on the Internet. And then I want to ask you a question. I know that Tuesday is typically the day I post a book review but, unfortunately, with all the home repair and renovations we've been doing these past couple of weeks, my reading time has not been what it usually is. I hope to have a review later in the week. In the meantime, let's talk...
Snapshots & Screenshots (02/25/09 - 23 Comments)
I have written a lot of articles through the past 6+ years of blogging. Within all of the "every day" have been a few that I consider favorites--articles that, for one reason or another, stick with me even months or years later. I've often thought about collecting some of those together and allowing this to serve as a kind of introduction to the site. I finally had opportunity to do just that. And so I...
A Blog Is Born (01/04/09 - 26 Comments)
Continued from yesterday and the day before. And so it was that I found myself an entrepreneur--the owner of my own company. The story of this little company cannot be separated from the story of this blog. I've told the story of this blog's early days, but will tell it again here. In September of 2002 I decided, rather on the spur of the moment as I recall, to begin my own web site. I...
How to Encourage a Blogger this Christmas (11/27/08 - 22 Comments)
I posted an article like this one in the past and did so only with great trepidation. Yet today (during the lowest-traffic day of the year) I will do so again in the hope that you'll be willing to give my motives the benefit of the doubt. I write about this not for my benefit but for the benefit of my fellow bloggers. With Christmas fast approaching, the timing just seemed right. I first wrote...
King for a Week - Amy's Humble Musings (04/06/08 - 7 Comments)
You know by now that King for a Week is an honor I bestow on blogs that I feel are making a valuable contribution to my faith and the faith of other believers…or sometimes just because I really like them. You know as well that I inevitably keep them in place for more than a week. No matter. King for a Week is simply a way of introducing my readers to blogs that they may...
Feedback Files: All About Blogging (12/07/07 - 36 Comments)
It has been a while since I cracked open the Feedback Files. While I receive a lot of questions through this site, probably the most common have to do with blogging. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve made several promises that I would soon write an article suggesting some things to consider when beginning a blog. Today I’ll keep those promises. I’m going to offer six tips for new or prospective bloggers. I hope...
What Should We Disclose? (10/27/07 - 24 Comments)
Rather than attempt to answer a question today, I thought I'd ask one instead. This is a question primarily for people who read blogs, though certainly people who write them may be interested as well. The question is this: How much should bloggers disclose? Let me explain. Bloggers tend to put a lot of work into their sites but receive relatively little in return. There are usually just a few options open to bloggers who...
A Reformation Day Symposium (2007 Edition) (10/17/07 - 17 Comments)
The Second Annual Reformation Day Symposium October 31, two weeks from today, will mark the 490th anniversary of the day that Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the church at Wittenburg. In so doing he struck a match, beginning a fire that quickly spread throughout Europe and throughout the world. Having become increasingly disillusioned with the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, and in particular the sale of indulgences, Luther wrote...
Interviewing the ProBlogger (10/10/07 - 10 Comments)
An Interview with Darren Rowse. Darren Rowse is the original ProBlogger, presiding over ProBlogger, a site that draws tens of thousands of visitors every day. After stumbling across blogs in 2002, Darren began a site of his own that explored "issues of Pop Culture, Spirituality and Blogging." The pastor of a small, emerging type of church, Darren has become a full-time blogger and the coordinator of a large blog network. Because I've attempted to make...
Encouraging a Blogger (07/12/07 - 30 Comments)
This article is probably going to seem far too self-serving. Yet I'm willing to recklessly plow ahead regardless. Yesterday, while I was talking to Kevin Boling on "Calling for Truth" we received a call from a reader of this site who asked an interesting question. He wanted to know how he, as someone who reads the blog, can serve as an encouragement to me. I thought it was a timely question because I'd been thinking...