Comments on: Books on Blogging and Churches

By: Anna Belle

Anna Belle — Sat, 26 May 2007 13:59:49 +0000

Brian — What a great idea! Our church has a “Nerd Herd.” I’m part of that august body, though not its chair. I will suggest a blog like this to our chair.

By: Brian Davis

Brian Davis — Sat, 26 May 2007 04:22:48 +0000

Anna Belle,

I use a blog to schedule my tech volunteers. One stop shopping for all things related to our crew schedule. It works out great, and they can comment on it if there are any needed changes. Sure beats wading through twenty people’s “reply to all” emails.

Brian Davis

By: Anna Belle

Anna Belle — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:20:15 +0000

John — I’m so glad to hear you too thought highly of The Blogging Church. I wish I could have come to your lecture. Actually, that’s a great idea. Maybe our church could have an Adult RE session on church blogging.

By: John

John — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:08:09 +0000

Just finished The Blogging Church for a brief lecture/Q&A on church tech I’m giving tomorrow. I found it to be both a good introduction to blogging basics (how to) and a good argument for all churches to be employing blogs (why to).

I second the recommendation.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 23 May 2007 03:12:26 +0000

@Les — Yeah, I’d been winging it as a blogger for a couple of years, and thought there was no way I needed a book on blogging — until I happened to pick up “Clear Blogging” in a bookstore. It was worth the thirty bucks I paid for it, and coming from a cheapskate like me that’s high praise. I learned enough that now I’m looking for “Blogging Church.”

By: Les Puryear

Les Puryear — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:57:12 +0000

Anna,

You say there’s a book on blogging? And all this time I’ve been winging it. :)

Regards,

Les

By: Bob Walsh

Bob Walsh — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:55:28 +0000

Anna Belle,

Thanks for the kind words for my book, Clear Blogging!

Your readers might be interested in the free sample chapter, Successful Blogging, available at the publisher’s site: http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10150

Re “Churches have traditionally excelled at one-way communication, and this is thus our comfort zone. But there’s a new generation no long satisfied with this model. They expect to be able participate. They look for a church that will listen.” Bailey has made an excellent point there.

For church, read company, media outlet, institution and government – and that is both what is driving blogging as a social force and, I think, the shape of things to come.