so there was a conference for spiritual bloggers. joel apparently was there checking it out as well is dj. there's a quick article from the guardian (uk) on the conference too. i found a few quotes & seperate observations interesting.
quotes:
Matt Anderson, 23, the coordinator of the God Blog Convention, told the news channel's website that one of the goals of the conference was to see whether God, Christian-oriented blogging and politics were a good marriage, and if so, how they should match up.
Joe Carter, author of evangelicaloutpost.com and one of the delegates at the conference, compared Christian blogging to the 95 Theses said to have been posted by Martin Luther..
observations:
- funny how we still feel the need to congregate as a community (actually a few of us methodist bloggers are working on getting the umcom to support a methoblog gathering)
- is blogging really this important? (ref. to the 95 thesis comment)
- i don't find Christianity and politics to be a good marriage at any level
- i wonder if people took notes, networked, or just blogged about being at the conference
- joel has a great reflection in bloggin about "we"
John Calvin added a lot to Christianity, even as I disagree with Calvinist theology that grew up around him. However, in Calvin’s zeal to promote his brand of God’s grace, he became responsible for the deaths of several of his critics. I don’t see Christian bloggers killing each other literally, but if we aren’t careful, we can inflict deep personal and spiritual wounds on each other. (he goes on from there with john wesley & martin luther)
for a first event, i suppose it's a start. i won't get to passionate about it beyond that.
