God and blogging

God and blogging
: Last night, I walked to the blogging wine & cheese fest with the Rev. AKM Adam and his blogging son, Si. AKMA knows my sister, the Rev. Jarvis.

We talked about the effort it takes to get churches to start weblogs. (My son is using Movable Type to replace my little church’s little site soon.) There’s still some ignorant fear of this Internet thing. But that will have to fade.

AKMA said one of the best reasons for church’s to create weblogs is so they can be found in Google.

Yes, even God needs Googlejuice.

: And here’s why He needs it: I don’t usually go to church when I’m out of town but I thought I would this morning because it’d be neat to sit in a service in a sanctuary built in 16something. So I went online to find a like-minded congregation but found, to my shock, that not one of the possible churches here had more than one late service.

So instead, I’m headed over to Bloggercon, where, of course, they’ll be worshipping blogs.

4 responses to “God and blogging”

  1. Darren Rowse Avatar

    i agree – blogs can add so much to church life. I’ve found quite a few that are adding a lot to community life.

  2. N.Z. Bear Avatar

    Jeff, you may be aware of him already, but for your broader readership, I’ve always been impressed with the work that Dean at HealYourChurchWebsite has done. Dean’s also involved in Blogs4God, another major resource for Christian bloggers.
    Full disclosure: although I’m *not* a Christian or Church blogger myself, Dean and I collaborated on the it’s-not-dead-it’s-just-really-sleepy Weblog Metadata project WMDI a ways back, and I think he’s a spiffy guy.
    -NZB

  3. Lisa Williams Avatar

    I don’t know what your denomination is, Jeff, but there’s http://www.masstimes.org if that’s your inclination. On Sunday, it probably would have been easier to go early — a 8A service — than late.

  4. Mean Dean Avatar

    Jeff,
    N.Z. is right (as he usually is !-). Let me know if there’s anything on either of my sites that help you along with your God-blogging.
    As for your son, http://www.healyourchurchwebsite.com/archives/000913.shtml … my compendium of links on using MT as a content managlment system for churches.
    And if there’s any info you need regarding blogs4God … say the word.