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A Question About Resources
- 10/09/10
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Over the past few weeks (since I submitted the first draft of my book and got that elephant off my back!) I have been trying to spend a little bit more time with the blog. One of the ways this has manifested itself is with articles that draw attention to outside resources—book series, resources dealing with a particular topic, and news related to this site. In other words, posts like these ones:
- Journibles
- Becoming a Better Listener
- Living in a Fallen World
- The Screwtape Letters
- The Top-Ten Articles of 2010
- Bring on the New Books
I guess these are largely items that fall somewhere between normal blog posts and A La Carte. I have committed to not replacing more significant blog fare in favor of these things (still trying to write at least one significant post per day) so have largely been posting these in the afternoons.
And having written quite a few of them now, I am eager for your feedback. Are these things you enjoy? On the one hand I do not want to clutter your lives (or this blog) with unnecessary information and resources that are of no interest. On the other hand, there are some amazing resources out there and I am eager to find ways of letting you know about them. Many of these things deserve to be more widely known!
So what say you? Provided that the blog does not become nothing but such posts, are you happy enough to see them in the afternoons?
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Comments (36)
I think these have been a great addition to your blog. They have generated interesting discussion in the comments and introduced us to ideas and websites we might not otherwise know anything about.
I vote a 100% yes, please keep this up! I learn so much from your site, it is my “go-to” to acquire new resources, news, reflections, etc. I am so appreciative of this website! Thank you!
I like this kind of variety. So I vote “Yes.” :)
Yes, these are wonderful! I think you have a great balance on your blog, and I appreciate your recommendations and the time you invest to share edifying things with us.
I second all of the above “yes” votes and comments!
I’ve enjoyed most of these, but I figure the ones that don’t interest me surely do interest others. Keep them coming. It’s nice to learn about new books, resources, etc.
I vote yes. Of course, I’m biased — I downloaded the radiomickdanger version of the John Cleese reading of Screwtape Letters, and I’d hate to think that such valuable stuff would not get posted because someone did not think it “worthwhile.”
Besides, what Cheryl said — everything is well-written and thoughtful. What doesn’t grab me is surely helpful to others.
Sounds great (so long as you and they avoid double negatives, grammatically speaking!)
I have to say that I have been delinquent in posting comments to this blog (or any blog for that matter). I generally use google reader and try to cruise through the content while still gleaming from it. That’s just the ugly truth. I jumped over to comment on this because I wanted to say how much I have enjoyed the resource posts. It is really one of the main reasons that I read blogs. It is extremely beneficial for me to read book teasers / reviews from someone whose opinion I have come to value. Thanks Tim!
Appreciate them very much and use them! If you hadn’t pointed me to Prof. Horner’s Bible Reading System, I wouldn’t be using it now (love it BTW).
I’m originally from Chicago, so I’ll vote “yes” multiple times.
I have enjoyed this greatly, Tim! I vote keep it up! You introduced me to a lot of things (including journibles) that I would have never otherwise found. Thank you for that! Please, keep it up!!!
I agree that resource posts are often helpful. Thanks for sharing your research labors with us!
I very much enjoy your informational postings. I have learned of resources I would not otherwise have found and I very much appreciate the time and work you put into it. Thank you, and please keep it up!
I enjoy your informational blurbs and links. Challies is usually the first Christian blog I look at each day.
The other day you posted about frugality, and your blog is a tool for my own personal temporal frugality. I mean that I find reading your blog is one way of using my internet time with an eye toward spending it wisely. I like that you seem to read a ton in your aggregator and IRL and filter out a few tidbits. If you switched to all original content I would still read and appreciate your blog, but I really enjoy having your perspective on the lighter things and suggested reading on the webs & from the news as well.
I like them.I have seen the Journibles before, but wasnt convinced to buy one until you wrote more in-depth about it. So thanks
I am always glad to see anything you want to pass on to us!
Tim,I have not found any of your post boring or irrelevant for my life or ministry. I thank the Lord for you and this ministry. I am pleased to be a friend of the blog! Keep blogging for the glory of God!
Put another vote in the YES column. I’m always looking for potentially helpful resources. Now if I only had time to actually accomplish something… .
Another strong yes vote. I had been looking for something on how to listen to a sermon - and you provided some nice choices!
I love this aspect of your blog. I find most of the resources worth taking advantage of or at least filing away for future consideration.
i agree with everyone’s ‘yes’ vote and their reasons! keep them coming!
Yeah, keep it up. It’s good info and sometimes turns out very useful. You won’t lose my attention by running these sorts of posts.
Please continue to post the wonderful links, reviews, and various trivia. I have been blessed by numerous products you have highlighted, including the Journibles.
I’ve written this before but I will say it again:
Your real strength is having the wisdom to know that you are smart, but that there are smarter people out there; that you are creative, but there are more creative people out there; that you are persuasive, but there are more persuasive people out there; etc. Your wisdom comes in knowing when to collect from the masses who are better and to synthesize into a post of your own and when to simply serve as a conduit connecting the readers of your blog to the wealth of good resources available via the internet.
Short answer: Yes. These have been good additions.
Yes!
I agree with all the posts above!
I’m all for these kinds of posts, you always find great tools that can be really helpful, I can usually tell how much time I have to look at your blog and will pick a post which matches that in length.
The journible idea (even though I didn’t go buy one) got me pumped about writing in my personal journal again, so they also work as great idea-motivators.
Short answer: Thumbs Up!
definitely yes.
I enjoy these posts, and I’ve been led to more than one immensely useful resource. I suggest that you keep it up! And thank you!
I really enjoy these posts! Please keep them coming, and thank you so much for all your effort!
Much appreciated,
Marcy
Definitely keep it up!
Add another vote in the yes column.
I have very much appreciated the new variety of your posts, glad that you are highlighting helpful/interesting things with a bit more than “a la carte”. Please keep it up if you so desire.
blessings
I appreciate the variety and value the quality of what you share. So, “Yes”, and thank you.
Please keep them coming! I am always on the look out for various resources and don’t always know where to look, so I would love more of these posts!