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Many of you have likely read my comment on the Stand Firm site, which essentially said that I was giving up blogging.
I think perhaps I should outline some of the reasons that I came to that decision and then tell you why I’ve just done a 180.
- Stand Firm has overtaken the Anglican blog world. That’s a good thing. Greg has a stable of good writers (even if they are puritanical Calvinists), and I really think we ought not to overload the world with comment. There’s enough comment, we ought to be looking more towards contributing in a meaningful way to finding a way forward…working that out at ground level, if you will.
- I think that ‘blogging’ itself is on the outs. There is such a thing as too much public debate and with the plethora of religion blogs out there, I began to see that a lot of readers were just getting so confused by the divergent opinions they were reading, that they sort of ‘gave up’ and just went and sat in a corner and rocked back and forth.
- It takes a lot of work, with not much in return. Not that any of us are in this for accolades and certainly not money, but there is no tangible evidence that we’re making a difference, which can be very frustrating and discouraging.
- Canada is completely ignored by most conservative bloggers. This is not a Communion mentality, and that needs to be addressed.
Now, for a word on my 180.
Ruthie has posted this, which includes two talks, one by Susan Useem and one by Terry Mattingly (pbuh), which reminded me that people’s minds actually can be and indeed are changed through the interaction and engagement with ideologies different from their own.
So, with that in mind, I am bringing LC2008 back online. Don’t get too excited. I will be committing to one post a week, which shall include analysis, comment and solution proposals regarding the issues at hand.
And there you have it. I am back, part-time. So keep the bookmark and watch for my next post, later this week, where I’ll examine the TEC/Duncan fiasco and delve into the cryptic assertion by Michael Nazir-Ali that there are ‘unknown’ people in the CofE who are looking to a future that looks much like what we’re seeing in the United States.
So long for now and see you later this week.
- Michael Daley
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Anglican Primate, and Bishop Susan Johnson, National Evangelical Lutheran Bishop, have asked Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to restate his support for the Millennium Development Goals.