Recently, I read The Blogging Church by Brian Bailey & Terry Storch. It is a really interesting handbook for people in churches who want (or think they may want) to enter the blogosphere, and contains a wealth of information for people of all blogging levels, with several tips that I thought were very useful. They cover everything from the 'whys' of having a blog to all of the basic 'hows' of creating the space, writing posts, and, in what I thought was a thoughtful and important chapter, some tips on reading blogs. The focus is on communication and conversation, which is a dialogue, not a monologue. Granted, most of us are not involved in church leadership, so it may make more sense to buy a book targeted at personal blogging, but if you're involved in church at all and would like to see your church (or any other organization, really) move in a more techie direction, it offers lots of ideas for things to try, both internally to enhance communication within the group, and externally to broadcast your message to a larger audience.
Personally, living here in Switzerland, I am grateful for all of the kind folks who offer content online. I would love to see our branch of l'abri do more to that end, but as always, there are tons of questions and concerns about it. Rightly so, I think. One step in the right direction has been Greg's blog. We also have a blog on our l'abri site. Are there things y'all would like to see us do online? I'd love to emulate the community at Jacob's Well (a site referenced in the book) but I don't think anyone here has the time to create or maintain such a site. But I'd be curious to hear your thoughts, and maybe we can move towards something that would be useful to all the l'abri alum out there.
If you're interested in this type of thing, Kathy Sierra has a great blog with TONS of useful tips on blogging.
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