Monthly Archives: May 2004

Professional christians and the rest of us

I’m three steps behind myself today. Its Memorial Day in the USA and I wish all my friends a good day off. If you have stopped by, why not leave comment about your experience with a church, professional christian organization … Continue reading

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da big guys

There is an ongoing debate out of the US regarding the influence of blogs on mainstream media. The Online Journalism Review has an article that may be of interest to US readers: To Their Surprise, Bloggers are a force for … Continue reading

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Spin spin, spin some more

Most of us have heard the expression media spin. How would you define it? Do you think you know when you have encountered it? Is it conscious or unconscious on the part of the writer or the publication? Does it … Continue reading

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Around the world

Flooding Canadian and US troops were pulled off guard duty this week to help in the grim search for bodies after flooding at the Haitian and Dominican Republic border. The death toll is 2000 and could go higher. The troops … Continue reading

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Church of Fools

The first 3D on line church out of the Ship of Fools site in the UK has had an interesting week. I went over before the media blitz just about buried it, and had an ‘aha’ moment. It was an … Continue reading

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Marketing a book

Eerdman’s has the cover of Real Live Preacher’s Book on line and the usual marketing blurb. Marketing is quite the thing. Within months of the weblog’s start, thousands of people were coming to read Atkinson’s latest, and RealLivePreacher.com is now … Continue reading

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Real live people

Do you want to know who Real Live Preacher is and who took the red pill? Both bloggers have books coming out soon and have revealed their identities. And both will continue to use their blog names. Iphy’s book is … Continue reading

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da little guys

Blogging is definitely a grass roots sort of medium. The other day, as many of you know, I was contacted by a US professor, who had written between 25-30 big name religious websites in an attempt to get some respondents … Continue reading

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