Comments on: The Vocation of Christian Blogging https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anonymous https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16283 Thu, 10 May 2012 03:42:04 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16283 Thank you. I needed this today. Sometimes when you write Christian posts you feel pressure to the the “perfect Christian” and then when you fail you feel inadequate to write. I needed the reminder to just be true to myself and to my reader.

]]> By: Anonymous https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16282 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:29:09 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16282 Above all, a well written writing!!!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16281 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:36:29 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16281 Thanks so much, Red. Yeah, those scribes and Pharisees would overrun the comments section! Would he moderate it, I wonder?

]]> By: Red https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16280 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:45:57 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16280 Always good to be open and honest, it reflects the pesonality of the writer and offers a 'real' look at life. I like that in your blog, that is from the real you. I'd love to read Jesus' blog, I wonder how he'd handle the comments section too!
redx

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16279 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:21:37 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16279 Thanks so much, David. In blogging through Matthew, this year I realized that Jesus was far more edgy and far less nice than we conventionally conceive him to be!!
Welcome, Adulcia. Yes, my blog posts too start with something I am trying to work out or am inspired by.

]]> By: Fr David Cloake https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16278 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:50:59 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16278 Anita – thank you for taking the time to write this. It is valuable stuff.

I ponder this from time to time and despite my normal comfort with finding words, cannot find the words that you so ably do in this instance.

Do I agree with you? Mostly. I think that is Jesus were a blogger he would be edgy, challenging, admonishing – then nice. It seems to me that Jesus wasn't out to make friends, but more to convey his message through his ministry. Bloggers like to make friends, and we know how many people read us. I suspect Jesus wouldn't sign up for Wikio!

I shall think about this lots today.

Pax

]]> By: Adulcia https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16277 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:48:13 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16277 I've find I write mostly for myself – it's been helpful to write out what I'm going through, to sort through stray and random ideas into a coherent form. At the same time it has been helpful to some others who may be experiencing similar feelings (based on some of the feedback I've had).

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16276 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:11:42 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16276 Hi Jen, I've been blogging for 11 months, and in the past used to sometimes blog because I had committed to do it every day. And because energy and time were short sometimes chose what was easy to write, rather than the more interesting thoughts which would take longer to sort out and process.

You are right, it is a waste of time to write for the sake of writing. Better to give oneself and one's readers a break.

Of course, now that I am attempting to blog through the Bible I always have something to think about, and hopefully to share.

I suppose blogging is a challenge–surely something worth sharing must happen in the course of a day. God surely gives everyone several creative and interesting thoughts in the course of a day. The challenge is to discover the interest and verbalize them.

Thanks so much for the blog roll add. You're on mine!

]]> By: Jennifer in OR https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16275 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:20:52 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16275 Anita, A great spin on WWJD. Now it's WWJB: What Would Jesus Blog? Very thought-provoking. I think of this issue often, though hadn't articulated it to myself nearly as concisely. As a mom w/ 4 young ones in addition to many other responsibilities, I'm painfully aware that time is limited and I should use it wisely and well, and never write for the sake of writing, and only write what will be useful in some way.

At the same time, I believe in the power of words as living, breathing things, just as Jesus was *the Word* made flesh. So working with words is indeed a godly pursuit and can indeed meet the world's deep hunger, for who hasn't been deeply touched or healed by a mere word?

Write on!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16274 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:42:27 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-vocation-of-christian-blogging/#comment-16274 Thanks, Penny. Yes, the possibilities for ministry which the internet offers us are boundless!!

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