Saturday, November 22, 2008

Short Saturdays - What blogs do you like?

What other blogs are you reading?

What's good?

What's funny?

What's challenging what you think you know about God or raising green tree lizards or making your own honey?

What blogs do you print out or forward?

What blog is expanding your definition of art? What blog motivates you or makes you spit up coffee all over your keyboard?

What I'm trying to say is, what other blogs are you reading?

93 comments:

Steve said...

Stacy from Louisville for sure...

wjcsydney said...

I read a lot of blogs but the ones I rush to first are John Dobbs' Out Here Hope Remains (http://johndobbs.com/) and Trey Morgan (http://www.treymorgan.net/)

Karen said...

Cakewrecks. It falls into the category of making me laugh and spit coffee all over my monitor.

NB said...

I must get my daily dose of http://www.treymorgan.net/

Check it out!

Mella DP said...

Ooh. From among many:

The Happiness Project

(The Customer Is) Not Always Right

Crummy Church Signs

The Millions

Second SFL and Cakewrecks

vanilla said...

Hoosier Happenings
Stacy from Louisville
drulogion
the couch
drurywriting
Don't Drink the King's Wine
Steele(the Day) and obviously,
SCL

Jeff said...

Don Miller;s blog is good in about 87 different ways:
http://donmilleris.com/

megan said...

SCL
Big Mama
Ragamuffin Soul
Mid-Week Jolt

Steph said...

I have to admit I am new here so currently, YOURS is all the rage.
My regular blog is closed but here is a spin off post from "pamic" that I wrote. You are gifted and talented and well, us blogging folks in central florida are LOVING you! Lord bless you!
Razzle Dazzle

Welcome to a new category of posts called "Observations"!

The topic of this one is a spin off post from a post of my new fave blog.

In MY blog however, a discussion ensued about massaging in church.

Now, I am not sure what the actual reason for such disgust is of massaging in church is (see comment section of prior post) but here are my thoughts.


First: WHY do people massage in church?

A. They are nervous and feel like "massaging" their spouse will ease their own pain and somehow make them feel less "sinful"

B. They want to be sure that EVERYONE knows they are a couple.

C. They want to be sure that everyone knows they are a happy couple.

D. They want to make sure everyone knows that they are a happy couple and that they are regularly having SEX.

E. They want their spouse to feel comforted in church since they are there-today-for-the-Easter service-which-is-the-only-time-the-hubby-shows-up-and-the-wife-thinks-that- if -she-massages-him-he-won't-bolt-for-the-door-in-the-middle-of-"Watch the Lamb" by Ray Boltz. (Which by the way, I can do a very cool ASL interpretation to if anyone needed for an Easter service)

F. They are a MASSAGE THERAPIST and nearly can't help themselves. ( you know who that is right?)

Second: If you are a member of "Pamic" (people against massaging in church) here are some ways to get people from stopping the massage disruption.

A. Lean forward (especially if you are a man) and ask: "Do you mind if I trade places with your husband?"

B. Make vomiting sounds that sound like "URGHstopthemassageURGH"

C. Start massaging the person being massaged along with the person massaging.

D. If you are in a *Calvary Chapel Church*, loudly ask " I think this guy is hurt, help!"

and

E. Ask if they have a 976 number available.


I submit, these are the reasons people massage each other in church and ways you can stop them.
What do you think?

Steph said...

BTW- of course "fave blog" and "Pamic" linked back to your blog/posts. ;)
I have to speak in front of church tomorrow to say things that I am thankful for and I am terrified that I am going to think of YOUR blog in the middle of it and crack up. Pray for me (haha)before I multiply the funk. ;)

hello jessi! said...

lovelylistings.blogspot.com is great. it's weird photos that realtors decide, for whatever reason, to include in their listings. and cakewrecks is a favorite of mine, too!

Candace Jean July 16 said...

SFL and SCL for sure, and a plethora of them in Google reader. These are what I hit daily, to name a few:
Immersion
BeDeviant
MckMama
Bring The Rain
Conversion Diary
Cake Wrecks

Sonny said...

You want to laugh?

You want to cry?

You want to be inspired?

Check out www.treymorgan.net It's the best kept secret in the blog world.

Donna said...

hmmmm...let me look at my blogger dashboard:

jujubee

Bakerella

Because I Said So

Life with the Lords

What's Cookin', Good Lookin'?

Stacy from Louisville

SCL and various and sundry Jon Acuff blogs.....

Kevin Stinehart said...

For humor:

http://failblog.org/

http://engrishfunny.com/

Abraham Piper said...

One Sentence - True stories told in one sentence.

Cool Things in Random Places

Afrigadget - African ingenuity

The Big Picture - News in pictures

Charlanne said...

Here's an interesting one I've only read a couple times, but always makes me think:
Internet Monk (www.internetmonk.com)

jake - aka the comment novelist said...

All your blogs, of course.
The blogs of a few friends.
Some "news" blogs.

And now, apparently, Cake Wrecks, too.

Bryan Allain said...

this is probably not the time for self promotion. so let's pretend none of these are my blogs:

Prayers For Blowouts - sports interviews with Donald Miller, Brian McLaren, and others. As well as sports/faith news.

Rachelle Gardner's Blog - Great insight into writing and publishing from an angent (who also happens to be a christian.)

Ramblings And Such - The guy who runs Derek Webb's fan site and Donald Miller's fan site muses on life, humor, writing, and faith.

Already Been Chewed - Graphic Designer Barton Damer (who works with a lot of christian media) shows off his amazing work, and often shares tutorials.

Andi said...

I'll list my daily blog stops (I have a whole routine that I go through several times a day b/c I haven't yet joined the world of rss feeds), if someone will tell me how to list the links here.

Todd Wright said...

www.thebloggess.com...

Not for the faint of heart (her language can get a bit rough,) but this site is hilarious.

Albert said...

http://cruciformlife.wordpress.com/ - Jimmy Davis is a church planter doing something a little different and exciting with house churches. Plus he's a really good guy.

Debra said...

www.aholyexperience.com

Hands down my favorite blog. I get it everyday in my email. God speaks volumes through this faithful daughter of His.

rustypants said...

PostSecret has been a favorite for years.

i enjoy what Tony Jones has to say about emergent.

Andy Osenga (the normals / caedmon's call) doesn't blog as much as he used to, but when he does it's worth reading.

Dan Kimball is also a good blogger (and a good writer). his observations on faith, church, and christianity make me go Hmmmm.

chrism08 said...

perrynoble.com,stevemcgill.wordpress.com, raggamuffin soul.

supersonic-gabi said...

I agree with Karen. Cake wrecks for sure!

evanblackerby said...

These are just some of the innovators I follow....
Barton Damer i want to visually inspire as he does.
Tony Morgan ...he develops "creative solutions" ... like minds....
Anne Jackson gets church leaders off their butts...prolific twitterer as well.
Armentwrites short blog posts that I can read.... thanks man.
Noble blogs/preaches about how guys should "grow"?
Furtick this guy is passionate that God can do big things!!
Josh P always talking about his cool kids... oh, pastor of Awestruck, too...
Todd Rhoades writes 85 blog posts a week/all of which are interesting
MicroExplosion Media with Bill Seaver... killah...
Piper .... looking for the deep stuff?
Seth Godin ... been reading for a month and I'm addicted!!
Visual Worshiper ...want to have a paradigm-shift?
Pete is always asking good questions!!

Kendra Golden said...

Only two regularly, the meat and potato staples of my very lean blog diet:

Swerve.lifechurch.tv
SCL

The rest are like tofu, broccoli, and other stuff you like to claim to eat but don't really get around to that often:

Seth Godin
Kem Meyer
Ragamuffin Soul
Steven Furtick

WV "minsces" (I like my two fave blogs because neither Jon Acuff nor Craig Groeschel mincses words.)

Mo said...

New Life Live is a call-in Christian Counseling Show. The cool part is you can blog in and give your opinion and interact with other bloggers. Which gets real interesting esp. "Fred".

Found it on Oneplace.com which has around the clock Christian teaching.

tualin
taunting on a call in talk show

Sherri said...

Very favorite is:

withoutwax.tv
(always thought provoking or funny, always can relate and take home some food for thought)

brandiandboys
The adventures of a mom of three boys- funny, adorable pics, great tips, etc.



Hey, Look a chicken (for you A.D.D. types)She's smart, wtty and crazy.

Random Musings (Helen is simply Hilarious! and you'll just fall in love with her.

Buzz by Annie's- Always gives an open look into her heart, with a hint of sarcasm. Love it. Great lady.

It might be hope- Mare, from Nigeria tells of her wonderful experiences as an American in this foreign land

THAT's NOT ME ANYMORE- ANother smart, witty Mom of 3 sharing her "wisdom".

Kelli said...

Only during the Christmas season I look at the following blogs. The author has made a compilation of the ugliest nativity sets imaginable, with great captions and even better comments. It is a great companion to SCL.

www.goingjesus.com/cavalcade.shtml
www.goingjesus.com/cavalcade/

Brian F. Alexander said...

I read a ton of blogs.

Collide Magazine
Barton Dammer
Steven Furtick
Worship House Media
Ignighter Media
Think Design
ReleBlog

anotherlisa said...

scl friends who have blogs, katdish & francois & stacy

Ryan B said...

Um. I read a couple of blogs:
Of course stuff Christians like.
thinkchristian.net is usually a pretty good one.
I read www.stevenfurtick.com (Great blog about a developing church)
perrynoble.com (love it)
morethandodgeball.com
thechurchofnopeople.blogspot.com

And I have my own blog that I have started and really excited about. I have been updating daily so come check it out and leave some comments. It's called Crazy Delicious

www.krazydelicious.blogspot.co

Annie K said...

I belong to a group of gals and we are shameless promoters of our own blogs...so here's the rundown..

http://matteroffactsite.blogspot.com/

http://randommusings-helen.blogspot.com/

http://bostern.wordpress.com/

http://katdish.blogspot.com/

http://thatsnotmeanymore.blogspot.com/

http://ajourneytobehad.blogspot.com/

ashleyr said...

22 words
(and thanks for your list, Abraham. Those look great, interesting and to the point)
Get Rich Slowly
Challies Dot Com
Between Two Worlds
Unclutterer
Culture 11
Zen Habits
Furios Seasons
The Constructive Curmudgeon
Provocations and Pantings
Purgatorio
Discerning Reader
Mind Hacks
And SCL, of course :)

rodngeis said...

I always read about the Livesay's lives in Haiti- (http://livesayhaiti.blogspot.com/)
and of course Stacy From Louisville-(http://stacyfromlouisville.blogspot.com)


By the way, word verification wasershe-another way to refer to the woman who washed Jesus' feet with her tears.

Steve said...

I've begun following this guy on Twitter and his blog is excellent!

http://www.davidfoster.tv/

Grafted Branch@Restoring the Years said...

I read restoringtheyears.blogspot.com.

Mostly, I'm looking for misspellings and incidents where I used a preposition to end a sentence with.

Like that one. Ugh.

fogg said...

For all the photographers out there:

Strobist
Joe McNally's Blog
Moose Peterson's Blog

And, last and best:
The Online Photograper (Click on the 'weblog' link on the right)

Anonymous said...

Shaun Groves' Shlog
Letters From Kamp Krusty
Daily Life in a Homeless Shelter
Real Live Preacher
Pioneer Woman
Chris Freeland
Friendly Athiest
Ken Jennings
Post Secret
Out of Ur
Donald Miller
Ragamuffin Ramblings
I love links!

Helen said...

I second all of Sherri's answers, and add her blog, Matter of Fact. She has a great sense of humor. She provides food for thought sometimes, sometimes recipes, and always humor and encouragement. She is my cyberfriend. Shout out to Sherri, Katdish, Mare, Annie, and Beth. Love you all. Oh yeah, and Vanity of Vanities. Met them all here. Yay for SCL. Oh yeah, I like SFL too.

James said...

http://revolutioninjesusland.com

http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/

http://faithfulprogressive.blogspot.com

http://newref.blogspot.com (Shameless plug yeah!)

http://icanhascheezburger.com

Dan said...

www.theresurgence.com
www.desirginggod.org
www.leadingsmart.com
www.churchrelevance.com
www.christandpopculture.com

The Passerby said...

www.fakeyourdeath.blogspot.com

This dude.....he just knows.

and of course www.civicsnews.blogspot.com

He doesn't know how to look cool, but he knows how to be amazing. He just wrote a book, he's a great man of God, and he was the best teacher I ever had.

Tamara said...

www.thepioneerwoman.com

daphne said...

Cool. I look fwd to checking out what yall like.
I read here, SFL, Bub at God Me & Poker, Brenda at Beside the Sea, Heidi at Candid Chatter, LOVE the Bloggess, Whittaker Woman (Ragamuffin's wife), and a friend who writes The Wardrobe & the White Tree.

This was my 1st blog to follow and then I followed those who read me and found a few others from here

Not The Rockefellers said...

Love this blog.

And this:

www.beyondrelevance.com

Peace - Rene

Eric P. said...

UrbanFaith.com has some really thought-provoking stuff, especially for us city folks.

(Conflict of interest notice: I work for the company that produces it. But I haven't written anything for it yet.)

As far as laughter, it's hard to beat failblog.org.

katdish said...

Wait...

You mean there are other blogs? This is just what pops up when I turn on my computer!

Most of the blogs I read have already been mentioned, with the notable exception of engrish.com

If you're of Asian descent, or just enjoy laughing at us, this is the blog for you!

Is this one of those tests like in the bible when Soloman offers to cut the baby in half and the real mother says the other lady can have it? Because if it is, I'm totally that other lady! If you really want to know what other blogs I'm reading, come on over, I love me some lurkers!

ness said...

failblog for laughs
as well as cake wrecks
and the blog of unnecessary quotation marks

Poppytalk

Pioneer woman

Clark Kent's Lunchbox

archshrk said...

by BlogRoll

There's a little of everything there from funny to christian to funny christian. Some blog related and some great blogs. (the blog folders represent the frequency, not the quality of posts)

Anonymous said...

The best...
http://6yearmed.blogspot.com/

Molly said...

Thinklings.org is one of the most informed, entertaining, and Gospel-based blogs I've ever read. I recommend it to everyone!

Gabrielle Eden said...
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Gabrielle Eden said...

Check out thefarwright.wordpress.com He says he specializes in nonsense! It's hilarious stuff if youre of a conservative political bent.

diannanicole said...

www.postsecret.com

http://iwantitanywayyouknowit.blogspot.com/


love those two.

Chris said...

doggieheadtilt.com

this guy asks some good questions, you should check it out

Sylvia Goode Basham said...
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Sylvia Goode Basham said...

Adventures of Hashbrowns tells of life in Wasilla, AK (even before life in Wasilla, AK was cool.) That was also my connection to SCL and 97 seconds, et al. Start at the beginning to enjoy a fascinating journey...

Jim and Karen Osler said...

Yeah I need to give a shout to the Livesays,too
www.livesayhaiti.blogspot.com
C'mon a mother of ?HOW MANY KIDS?! Jogging through Port Au Prince, Haiti. Great photography by Troy,too!

http://openapologies.org is cool
of course my blog www.oslerblog.blogspot.com is only interesting to friends and family and a few people in Haiti....but it's ours.

Jim and Karen Osler said...

Here's another one for the cooks out there.
Rita's motto: Love starts in the kitchen and it doesn't matter where the recipe came from, it only matters where it's going!
http://www.abouteating.com

emmysue said...

most amazing/inspiring blog I've ever read -

http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/

~teachmom~ said...

Yours, StacyFromLousiville, Don'tDrinkTheKingsWine, and few other odd-balls.... :)

Miss Laura said...

My favorite, favorite blog is my friend Kate's. Y'all would love her, please read and comment and be her friend -

http://ckmulder.blogspot.com/

Then, there's also Dooce. Many of you might find her offensive, but I am able to laugh at people who think differently than I do. I adore her writer's "voice" and her snarky, acidic humor.

www.dooce.com

Sorry, I'm not proficient enough with HTML to create links. You'll have to copy and paste.

N-Lynn.com said...

www.n-lynn.blogspot.com :)

Isaiah Kallman said...

The Misanthrope Bar Joke. Imagine one long, meandering thought written by an Anarchistic Messianic Jew. It's kind of like that. I rip him off all the time.

Littler said...

http://chriscooley47.blogspot.com/ - what can I say I'm a skins girl :)

Anonymous said...

sensuouswife.blogspot.com - actually i work for her now, on sensuouswife.com. but she's an extremely uplifting and encouraging blog.

dooce.com sometimes - it tends to be funny

defectiveyti, especially the bad review revue.

Megan@SortaCrunchy said...

Ann Voskamp's Holy Experience http://www.aholyexperience.com/ Always and absolutely. She's amazing.

heartafire said...

CAN'T CONNECT TO treymorgan.net for all those of you who love the blog---what gives?

(I'm trying to visit all the sites my fellow SCL-ers love)

and hopefully, it goes without saying that SCL is up there in my favorites list

[WV: pyrrap,
as in, "I'm gonna hafta pyrrapp someone upside the head if they don't post the correct address to trey morgan."

Snack-n-Soul Sistaa said...

I read:
http://www.treymorgan.net/

http://preacherboymeanderings.blogspot.com/

http://impressiveparenting.blogspot.com/

zanne said...

i must read:

jerry and ike's pages http://jerryandike.blogspot.com

the painted prayerbook http//www.paintedprayerbook.com

serenity now
http://www.serenitybohon.blogspot.com

chloe the bulldog
http://chloethebulldog.blogspot.com

K.D. said...

only yours, don't you feel special?

Lauri said...

thepioneerwoman.com

She is a hoot!

voigt said...

http://www.curatormagazine.com/

has awesome commentary on the art world ... it is written by Christian artists (mostly in New York) but not necessarily for Christians

http://3191.visualblogging.com/index.html

has been instrumental in helping me love art again (which is a really useful thing when you are supposed to be a photographer)

ifollowjesus101 said...

LOL i pretty much only read this blog. its the coolest blog i know...wait...its the only blog i know :P

Shaun Smithson said...

Rollingthroughlooneyville.blogspot.com

It is a mom's blog that is funny, helpful and cute.

AG said...

-Stuff White People Like

- Greg Mankiw's blog (http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/). Harvard Economic Professor.

- Operation 513 (http://operation513.blogspot.com/), the best Christian Apologetics Blog on the Web.

- F Wall Street (http://www.fwallstreet.com/). A solid value investing blog, so that you invest like Warren Buffet.

Bryan Tarpley said...

ntwrong.wordpress.com

Mo said...

This is how much I like SCL.
I leave it up all day & when working on the computer, I pop it up look at the amount of comments, hit the refresh button, then if that number goes check out new comments. I know I felt confession was the best start.

Word Verifiaction: witymo
I really, really promise that is what is said. Just to0 good for me to pass up! So nice for you to notice:-)

sally said...

Mo: Me too. And I don't even read any other blogs, such is my SCL addiction.
My sticker arrived a few days ago from my lovely US penpal - what a wonderful scheme - thank you Jon and Lisa and Sara (penpal).
Word verification: tring - which is a town just down the road from where I live!

L.C.T. said...

Most of my blog reads aren't Christian ones. Which blogs do you read?

Brian said...

lifestream.org/blog

Andi said...

LCT asks a great question.

Jon, which blogs do YOU read?

Cheryl said...

Your is the only "christian themed" blog I read. I also read design sponge, thimblythings.com, moviezeal.com, and of course I write one at allthingsfancy.blogspot.com

eireann said...

Stacy from Louisville
It's Lovely! I'll Take It!
This Young House
Making It Lovely
From Single to Married
Creative Procrastination

Wow, and that's not even the half of them. I really am a blog junkie. Dang.

Going to have to check out Cakewrecks too.

tyler h said...

besides my own...i read mostly christian music related blogs

www.indievisionmusic.com
jesusfreakhideout.com
soul-audio.com

there are a bunch more like that, but those ones are a good start

Rich Nation said...

Does anyone know of any blogs or websites devoted to New Contemporary Christian TV shows? NOT the Preaching, Talking Head & Begging for Money stuff...but Good stuff. Documentaries, Dramas, Sitcoms, Music..etc. I have started a site www.sprytv.com that I hope to be an online TV channel with this type of programming. I have produced my own TV Drama series. You can check it out at: www.walkonwater.tv

Cheers.

Rich Nation

Paul Wilkinson said...

Okay, this is my own blog, but I want to see if I can do the linking thing right. Gotta learn somewhere.

Thinking Out Loud - Paul Wilkinson

if it doesn't work it's www.paulwilkinson.wordpress.com

Anonymous said...

Just some thoughts...

http://jmpobst.blogspot.com
http://benjamindurbin.com
http://treymorgan.net

bub said...

Man, I'm always late to the party. The blogs I always try to check on are my church's pastors blogs, we have some great ones. Go to my blog to find them. Also That's What I'm Talkin' 'bout by Daphne, Candid Chatter by Heidi, Beside the Sea, Steven Heartsill's blog, Tony York's blog, Ragamuffin soul, whittakerwoman, I could go on and on. Oh yea, and Stacy from Louisville of course!

Anonymous said...

http://www.tigerthegecko.blogspot.com
http://www.brokensaints.wordpess.com
http://www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com