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Blogging Powers

by Lon on March 20, 2009

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I’ll hoping to be doing my first real live-blogging event tomorrow at “Evolving Church: Amidst the Powers“.

I’m going to try using ScribbleLive for each session, partly because it’s developed by some guys in Toronto, Canada.

Also, it allows me to embed live updates to posts here, directly follow my twitter account which will contain highlights, and other select tweets by the hashtag (#ep09), without overwhelming my twitter followers.

What I’m thinking about before heading into “amidst the powers”

- There’s been some backlash against the blogging community the last while… ie. we’re single geeks, living at mom’s, who do nothing but whine and vent, rather than actually doing something in life.  I’d hate to be drawn in as another one of those.

- I dislike conferences for the most part, the last one I enjoyed was The IdeaCamp and I wasn’t even there physically.

- Is the church today even a factor practically ‘amidst the powers’

- Are we in any position to speak about ‘the systems’ that surround when we’re in shambles?

- Do we always have to be up against ‘the man’ to thrive?

- What if rather than raging against the machine, we worked with it?

- I don’t come a tradition, church or otherwise, that uses the word ‘power’ much.  What would a powerful Jesus and a powerful church look like today?

- As great as the conference content sounds, and I’ll be sure to be capturing… I hope to just be in a space where I’m connecting with some other awesome folks.

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Virtual relationships…

by Lon on December 15, 2007

Lon in optimus prime helmetI’ve been doing some thinking recently… (I do my best thinking with my Optimus Prime helmet on, video here).

There are so many more people around the world who read my blog than people I connect with regularly in person.

I’m guessing part of this is because if you’re in my regular circles, well, we can catch up just about anytime we want in person. Another part might be due to the anonymity of the internet and how you can peek into someone’s life without them ever knowing about it. And then there’s those of you who’ve contributed to the thousand plus comments here.

Either way, I’m thankful for those of you who might actually think I have something of value to say or share. I’m amazed by the number of you who subscribe to the SolarCrash feed because as much as I’ve tried to narrow the scope of the blogging, you really never know what you’re going to get. So thanks for sticking around.

I’ve also especially appreciate the interaction. The networking has been fantastic, and your comments have been both encouraging and insightful.

I’ll be removing the plugoo instant chat widget I have on the sidebar (just so it doesn’t become a let down when I’m not around), but it’s awesome how with technology today I’ve been able to interact with so many church planters, leaders, and strangers around the world. Just yesterday I chatted with a teen who had been a cutter and was wondering what god had to do with life at all.

You can continue connecting with me further via comments, the contact page, or even via facebook if you’re into that sort of thing.

So again, thank you for reading, thank you for sticking around, thank you for commenting, thank you for clicking the ads, thank you for allowing me to be a part of your day, and although the relationships might primarily be virtual, thank you for the friendships. I’m looking forward to the journey ahead together.

My name is Lon, and I thank God for blogs.

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