On Sat, 01-22-05 1:33 pm
Adrian Warnock is a visionary and pioneer in Christian blogs (AKA Godblogs). He is the genius behind the Blogdom of God and, more recently, has created “10 Christian Blogs,†a compilation of the some of the best and brightest Christian bloggers out there.
At first glance, this may appear to be the establishment of an elite class of successful Christian bloggers who have joined together to separate themselves from the rabble. Sort of a spiritual “gated community,†if you will, like some women’s ministries that exclude working women by having all their functions during the work day.
But nothing could be further from the truth. Dr. Andrew Jackson at Smart Christian (himself one of Adrian’s “ten mighty bloggersâ€) sheds some light on what the group is all about.
My own experience with Adrian’s Ten Mighty Bloggers has been encouraging and rewarding. Whatever modest success I have had during my brief (three months) time as a Christian blogger, it has come about because of the grace and kindness of such fellow believers. They have linked to me and included me in their blogrolls.
Others, like David Wayne at Jollyblogger and Brad Hightower of 21st Century Reformation, were gracious enough to email their answers to a specific question I had about Reformed theology. There was no reason for them to do that other than grace and love. Such is the nature of the Christian bloggers I’ve met.
Thus, one of the joys of being a Christian blogger is the experience of fellowship, community, and cybersphere body life I’ve encountered. Everyone works hard to make everyone else successful. It is something that most churches would love to experience.
The reason these ten blogs in particular were chosen to be in this group was not because they are excellent blogs (although they are), but because they have tried to do more to promote others than most of us have. They are servants of the hundreds of others (like me) who are finding our way through the crowded Blogdom of God. And they are setting an example for the rest of us to follow.