So, apparently I am one of the top 55 pastor bloggers. Not sure how that list was made. But I guess its cool. And hey, I am #33 right after the one and only Eugene Cho. Maybe that’s because we share a name (my middle name is Eugene and I used to be embarrassed of it until I started reading Eugene Peterson and met Eugene Cho!). In light of that, Naked Pastor has posted a list of 10 suggestions for pastor bloggers.
It’s a good list and one that I would add that has really helped me in my blogging is this:
Don’t stop being a pastor on your blog.
So many people try to increase their readership by being provocative, edgy and use it to find ways to push the envelope. There is a place for that. But you have to be aware of how a public profile like your blog will influence how people hear your sermons and follow your leadership.
Basic point is this: don’t think that what you write on your blog (or twitter or facebook for that matter) doesn’t impact and influence (positively or negatively) your ability to lead your congregation.
Esther said...
1Hey Todd congrats on making the list. Looks like some good blogs to add to my reader. But I have to be honest it makes me sad to see that we are still at a place where women pastors have to have their own section and no where else in the list of 50 blogs is a womans name mentioned. We still have so far to go.
01/16/10 11:59 AM | Comment Link
Todd said...
2Esther, interesting that an effort to highlight women bloggers actually makes the problem even worse or at least highlights the problem.
01/16/10 3:00 PM | Comment Link
J.R. said...
3Congratulations, Todd. Don’t forget us little people now that you are big time.
01/16/10 4:24 PM | Comment Link
Todd said...
4I’m sorry J.R. do I know you?
01/16/10 6:12 PM | Comment Link
Wayne Park said...
5I like this.
The temptation towards “stat-whoredom” is completely incompatible w/ the pastoral vocation – and yet using it as a platform to further pastoral ministry is a different perspective I’ll be thinking about…
01/17/10 1:44 AM | Comment Link
Todd said...
6Wayne, thanks. really, that approach has transformed my blogging. i find that with twitter and facebook and my ability to automatically add links to new posts there, lots of people from my church are actually reading my blog. that both gives me motivation to write more and be pastoral in how i approach what i write about.
01/18/10 1:25 PM | Comment Link
luis iza said...
7We’re at planning stage to begin in October of this year a ministry to new immigrants to our country in Hudson County, NJ. The first two days will be ESL, and the third day will be a bible study. I need suggestions of bible studies. Please email luis.iza@verizon.net
01/19/10 8:04 AM | Comment Link