tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post4370059161685645894..comments2024-03-15T04:45:39.805-05:00Comments on Take Your Vitamin Z: Why Blog?Vitamin Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327369978082172135noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-28317821073326511162010-06-02T15:15:18.262-05:002010-06-02T15:15:18.262-05:00There's no law that says that you have to cont...There's no law that says that you have to continue a blog and I guess that it comes down to how much you enjoy having one and whether or not you are getting enough visitors to your site to make it worthwhile to you. Perhaps you only need a few visitors each month to be meaningful though.california health insurancehttp://www.medicalins.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-42238206623409448622009-12-10T12:54:29.188-06:002009-12-10T12:54:29.188-06:00Helpful thoughts, thanks for articulating these po...Helpful thoughts, thanks for articulating these points.Homemaker, MDhttp://homemakermd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-33233186035243886062009-04-20T14:04:00.000-05:002009-04-20T14:04:00.000-05:00I have been thinking a lot recently about why I bl...I have been thinking a lot recently about why I blog and am toying with the idea of stopping. Your thoughts were helpful to me.David Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166285024191104799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-20317308809834427052009-02-20T13:14:00.000-06:002009-02-20T13:14:00.000-06:00Zach...realize I'm weighing in a little late in th...Zach...realize I'm weighing in a little late in the game, but I just found your blog through Gavin Ortlund's blogroll. I could totally relate to the danger of pride consuming our focus...the down side of wanting to matter in this world. But...it's something I choose to recognize, admit and aspire to dive into the business of blogging for the right reasons. I, too, find that blogging is helping me to really think in ways and see through a thought more deeply than if I journaled alone...it's easy to let myself open the box on an idea and admire it for a while without really writing until it's out of the box and ready to place in another's hands. My husband encouraged me to start...so that the words I had filling journals would not be for merely my own benefit...but could encourage others, too. Isn't that the point of our being on this old earth...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-83424107524060672882009-01-31T04:14:00.000-06:002009-01-31T04:14:00.000-06:00This is good. It summarizes what I've been thinki...This is good. It summarizes what I've been thinking lately about blogging as well. Hope you don't mind if I link to this in a post on my own blog.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239224651876191714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-15830432783856248402009-01-29T12:31:00.000-06:002009-01-29T12:31:00.000-06:00thanks for posting this. I am always curious abou...thanks for posting this. I am always curious about why people blog.<BR/><BR/>On reading blogs more than books: <BR/>I agree. I'm trying to read good books more than ever, but time is such an issue. blogs are super convenient since most people work in front of a PC. I can quickly read snippets of posts while at work when i normally could not read a good book. I guess i should be working though, right? LOL. <BR/><BR/>Titles are important:<BR/>I have feeds in my iGoogle page so i can just browse about 30 blogs and their recent posts and pick what i want to check out (Blog post Titles are important). I have a feed to this blog (thank Justin Taylor for that).<BR/><BR/>Question:<BR/>I'm curious what your opinion is, or if you've read about this. I've always wanted to know if bloggers who are not pastors or leaders in ministry and profess to be Christians would be held accountable to the Lord in the same way as a teacher (Biblically speaking - to that higher standard)? <BR/><BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/>BrianAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672919074309627676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-62190247242141332732008-08-11T17:12:00.000-05:002008-08-11T17:12:00.000-05:00here is why blogging is for the birds:1. you can p...here is why blogging is for the birds:<BR/>1. you can practice writing without sharing it with everyone else. I find this practice much better in that, who am I kidding, why would I want to share bad writing with others?<BR/>2. Documenting my thoughts...again can be done in the privacy of my own home. if i find it necessary to share said thoughts with friends, enemies, neighbors, I can actually interact with them personally, which I understand is becoming more and more of a novel idea.<BR/><BR/>3. Why? for "indirect community"? Because I don't know what that is I will presume that is gibberish.<BR/><BR/>4. ...and this is done in a public forum...we have gone from the ridiculous to the sublime.<BR/><BR/>5. Ah yes, a place for community! Brilliant, this community of which you speak...virtual community I think we call it. Which is to say, not really community other than sharing our diahrea (sp?) of the brain for no other purpose than to flatter ourselves in thinking that other people care what we think.<BR/><BR/>6. Entertainment? Valid and commendable. And yours is indeed just that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-703565813485578092008-04-30T17:42:00.000-05:002008-04-30T17:42:00.000-05:00Zach, I totally agree with you here. These reasons...Zach, I totally agree with you here. These reasons are exactly why I started my blog. I used to write down thoughts on pieces of paper - now I write them down in the blog. It's a great tool to help me organize them, and I hope they can be useful to somebody else along the way.Gary Bisaga (aka fool4jesus)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16238954438323198854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-55379179174879803912008-04-24T00:00:00.000-05:002008-04-24T00:00:00.000-05:00What a great post.. wish more could come here and ...What a great post.. wish more could come here and read. <BR/><BR/>I agree with what's written above as a danger, <BR/><BR/>"The blog can be a meter of fluctuating self-worth as you observe who is linking to you and who and how many people come to your blog. This is can be a serious form of addictive self-idolatry"erinlitteralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886113889000324604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-15957415743064595722008-03-02T01:43:00.000-06:002008-03-02T01:43:00.000-06:00I identified with more than one of your observatio...I identified with more than one of your observations here Zach.<BR/><BR/>I try not to have any illusions about the quality of my theological observations and I hope it's at least clear from my About page that I'm not holding myself out to be a formidable theologian.<BR/><BR/>That said, I do like to grapple with some big ideas sometimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-45980358676131247382008-02-26T14:28:00.000-06:002008-02-26T14:28:00.000-06:00Good thoughts here Zach. I definitely identify wi...Good thoughts here Zach. I definitely identify with the waste of time and finding my self worth in numbers of readers. But I would agree, the good outweighs the bad. One other thing I would add...my blog is mainly a ministry tool to the people of my church. More than a few times I've had people come up to me and say they were encouraged or strengthened or helped by what was written on my blog. So in this way, I see it as a way to equip people in an age where most people don't read books but they do check the web. <BR/><BR/>And I have to agree with you ... connecting in some way with old college friends is fun for me and encouraging to see how God is using people all over the world to build his kingdom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com