"The abnegation of reason is not the evidence of faith, but the confession of despair."
- J.B. Lightfoot
Monday, April 20, 2009
No, not this one (especially not these days) . . .
I'm asking the question: What's the best blog you read, and why?
I read a couple of blogs. Not many. Some encourage me. Most just shake me up. I'm wondering if there are any gems out there I'm missing.
So, what's the best blog you know, and why do you like it? I'm looking for something new.
Leave your suggestion in the comments. Thanks!
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Comments on "Best Blog":
2. Stacy
- 04/20/2009 11:00 pm CDT
One of my favorite blogs is Shaun Groves' blog, where he writes about Compassion International frequently; he's taking a trip to India with Compassion soon, so this would be a good time to check the blog out. www.shaungroves.com/shlog
3. Quaid
- 04/20/2009 11:19 pm CDT
Well,
You might think this is a bit off-the-wall, but I really like Tim Griffin's blog on ESPN.com that focuses on Big XII Football. Since you're a Huskers fan and you have connections to Baylor, you might really like it. It's light-hearted, well-written, extremely fair and he keeps it up even in the middle of April, near the midpoint of the downtime between the National Championship and the Fall kickoff.
I know it won't alter your paradigms, but if you're a college football fan at all, you'll like it.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12
6. jen
- 04/21/2009 8:42 am CDT
I read Outside the Beltway pretty much daily. I like the variety of writers and their comprehensive analysis of current politics.
7. Karl
- 04/21/2009 9:53 am CDT
I read a variety of blogs from varying perspectives. Some that I like in addition to this one are:
Scot McKnight's Jesus Creed
Justin Taylor's blog for a reformed perspective
John Stackhouse's blog for big-picture thinking about North American evangelicalism
Stuff Christians Like for humor
I like to read Alan Jacobs' thoughts at The American Scene, where he is one of several contributors. When I grow up I want to write like him.
Amy Moffitt's "Without a Map" for the thoughts of a poetic, intelligent, intense single woman with an eclectic background including Covenant College, conversion to (and I think de-conversion from?) Catholicism, and current attendance at an artist-friendly re-mergent/emerging church. http://moffou.blogspot.com/
9. Mike Leake
- 04/21/2009 10:57 am CDT
I would never consider it the "best blog" but I'd be honored if you would check out my blog: Borrowed Light.
Another blog that I have come to enjoy is one that my friend Garret writes on: Thoughts on the Way
Also few people know that Jay Adams is a blogger
I would say you are already aware of the Irish Calvinist but if not it's superb
10. Manders
- 04/21/2009 1:49 pm CDT
www.thepioneerwoman.com
She's a city girl who married a cowboy--they live on a ranch in Oklahoma with their four kids, two other cowboys, two dogs, and 1000 head of cattle. No heavy theology, but her photography is great, and she homeschools her kids and has daily adventures with them. Makes me smile all the time.
I also just found a blog called churchexperiment.blogspot.com--a guy in Ohio who's disillusioned with the church is visiting a different church every week to see what happens. This week's church was Quaker.
11. Michele
- 04/21/2009 2:07 pm CDT
OK, honest, Challies is my first, then you guys. I also love Pyromaniacs. Pretty reformed, about once a week one of those guys puts out a post that totally rocks. The commentors are sterling thinkers. It's a great place to consider doctrine.
For woman stuff: Girltalk
I, too adore Irish Calvinist
12. Milly
- 04/21/2009 3:22 pm CDT
I just checked out www.thepioneerwoman.com Nice site. Okies roll like that
13. Michele
- 04/21/2009 9:21 pm CDT
Josh Harris also has a nice blog. I too, love Pioneer Woman, but man, are her recipes high-fat. I can't believe she's not morbidly obese. Another fun one for women is Works-for-me Wednesday. Every Wednesday they update it with hundreds of people saying, "Hey, I do this, and it really works for me." It's fun.
15. Bob Sacamento
- 04/22/2009 2:50 pm CDT
Text Patterns by Wheaton Prof. Alan Jacobs.
"Commentary on technologies of reading, writing, research, and, well, knowledge."
16. Deb
- 04/22/2009 3:07 pm CDT
Creation Project
Possessing the Treasure
Challies
and Thinklings - of course!!
17. The Ancient Mariner
- 04/24/2009 10:26 pm CDT
Among religion-and-politics blogs, I'm quite fond of Caffeinated Thoughts, which has multiple contributors but one main one, a Des Moines-area youth pastor named Shane Vander Hart. Amazingly, with a name like that in Iowa, he's not Reformed or Christian Reformed--not sure how he got away.
Heather McDougal's blog, Cabinet of Wonders, the stated mission of which is "Bringing the Early Age of Enlightenment to the modern world."
Perennial Student is the blog of Pauline Evans, the wife of a colleague of mine down in Muscatine, Iowa; it's eclectic, and she comes up with some very interesting things.
And one other, and I'll stop: tallgrassworship, the blog of a church musician and gardener in Illinois (near Champaign) named Joyce (last name Thomas, I believe).
I'm still fondest of you guys, though. :)
18. Leeberguy
- 04/25/2009 9:28 am CDT
My daily need is lifenut, my wife's blog. I am frequently amazed by the insight she pours into her posts, mostly about being a mom.
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I've taken to reading Pete Wilson's blog, from Cross Point Church in Nashville. He seems to have my number on a frequent basis.