Blogging
Hello…Is Any Body Out There?
We have noticed that periodically someone will write a blog post eluding to the frustration of writing blogs but having very few if anyone read it. This is a very valid concern as many of you are new bloggers. It does take a little effort in order to make your blog known. Here are a [...]
IntenseDebate Plugin
Due to user request, we have recently installed the IntenseDebate plugin for all users of Nazarene Blogs to utilize.
IntenseDebate is an “intense” plug-in for comments. It augments/replaces the Wordpress comment system with a much more robust system, that includes threading, comment-voting, user login via Facebook and Twitter (so you don’t [...]
Conversations lead to mission
Church renewal expert Dave Daubert makes the point that mission often arises when a God-inspired word invokes “real conversations among the faithful.” When a person shifts from listening into genuine conversation they open themselves up to deeper levels of engagement which prompt insight, application, action, and innovation.
In the same way, the Nazarene blogging community is intended to be [...]
Some Advice from blogger Phil Cooke
Pastors: Stop “Cutting and Pasting” Your Blogs
August 16, 2009
The essence of a successful blog is an honest, “behind the scenes,” authentic look at your views on something. Whatever your blog is about - religion, media, sports, politics, culture - whatever - the first principle is that it’s from YOU. It needs to [...]
12 Blogging Ideas
Here are 12 Blogging topic inspiring ideas I found on the onlinejournalismblog.
Respond to something elsewhere on the web
Suggest an idea
Interview someone
Blog an event
Ask a question
Pick a fight
Reflect on something
Do something visual (photos, videos…)
Review something
Make a list (hmm - that’s a good idea )
Write a how-to (another good idea)
Let someone else post
I hope this might [...]
NazareneBlogs Navigation
We made some changes to the navigation buttons at the top of the page on NazareneBlogs.
In addition to adding links to the Nazarene Homepage and the Nazarene MediaLibrary, we modified the contents of the “read” button page. Now when you click “read” you will see a list of blogs broken down into categories. We did [...]
Blogs must wait on authentication before being finalized
A main reason for starting Nazarene Blogs is to solicit a particular point of view: Those who want to extend their faith journey into the blogosphere in ways that build, connect, and uplift Christ and the Church (particularly the Church of the Nazarene). Sure, there are many legitimate reasons for starting all types of blogs, [...]
Blogging—An affordable way to offer online hospitality
Few words sound stranger to the ear than blog. One friend, after first hearing the term, thought it was part of a title to a grade B science fiction film (like “the blog from outer space”). Most of us now know that blogging is part of a revolution in communication that has put the power [...]