Connexions has come up with a thought, with some action to go with it.

You’ve seen a great many posts on this blog about labels - particularly using political labels to categorize believers. Labelling certainly isn’t limited to election years, but it does seem to be a very peculiar trait we tend to see in North America. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq made it easier to slip into the lazy inclusiveness of lumping someone into an category.

You’ve also see posts here speaking up against verbal abuse in comment threads and posts peculiar to pundit blogs, equating a person’s spiritual worth with their political stance. I’m far from the only god-blogger weary of this. Many god-bloggers and their readers have stopped frequenting some politically oriented blogs, and many in the international community no longer attempt to engage with bloggers interested in US politics. I think that’s a shame, many more of us continue attempts to find common ground as catholics protestants, coptics and orthodox, emergent, or whatever. The majority of bloggers are interested in building, repecting relationships, not tearing others down or separating into like minded groups. Most of us want to learn and listen and are eager to reach across culture and experience.

You’ve also seen posts about hurt, about being dismissed, mocked, blocked, flamed, delinked, left out, belittled, or misunderstood with no opportunity for re-dress.
These things happen to every blogger in varying degrees, which is why I remain even more committed to this medium and the terrific people participating in it.
There are excellent bloggers speaking up about ignorance and abuse online, with a kindness, maturity and wisdom that puts me to shame.

There are a number of growing and well maintained god-blog lists. A few years ago that wasn’t the case. Now many bloggers use aggregators, connexions is one that is being openly shared.

Richard’s aggregator is not ‘creating’ another group of god-blogs, it is not about separating, labels or rules. It is not about blogs that abuse others, set agendas, mock, or bloggers that try to be the smartest debater. It is not about ownership and it is not about being ‘right’, and forcing others to conform. It isn’t about being the best, getting the spotlight or gathering hits and bragging rights.
It’s an aggregator.
If you are interested contact connexions.

Not all Christians are conservative or “right wing”, but you knew that. Unfortunately, not everyone does. As a tiny challenge to the notion that “Christian=conservative” I’ve set up a little aggregator at Server.com. Originally it was for my own benefit, but I don’t see any harm in inflicting it on the world. It isn’t pretty, but I’m not convinced that matters. These are the UnRight Christians.

If I’ve offended anyone by including them I humbly apologise. A comment here will have you removed in a trice with no hard feelings. Equally, anyone who wants to be in will be added right speedily. All you need is an rss feed.

The feed has been added to The Truth Laid Bare Ecosystem.