Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Bloggers keep the faith contentiously USA Today

Tone Shock and awe. I m very intentionally harsh and provocative. But no one has accused me of falsehood. Battle ecumenism and restore unity around core biblical teachings. Tone Calm theological discussion. The content of our prayer is the person of Jesus. Tone Upbeat outreach to ordinary people trying to live their faith. com Theme A tip sheet for curious clergy laypeople and media fascinated with the Vatican papal pronouncements and the U. Explores the church as a year old tapestry of ritual history politics and mystique. Tone Fascination with nuance signals of where the church of one sixth of the world s population is heading. a full time writer. org which grew from an e mail list in the s to a news service to a blog. Theme Tracking Anglican Episcopal disputes over money sexuality and ecclesiastical power. Scourging revisionists including supporters of the openly gay bishop of New Hampshire V. Tone I m orthodox and I make no apology. If you believe S! t. edu lcrew natter part of his data packed site. Theme An inclusive worldwide church. Unlike conservatives I don t want to run out people who disagree with me. I hope he can sleep in that skin. Tone Engaging but not nasty in contrast to David Virtue. Home page features him in a pink feather boa as H. Frank Page pleading for civility in the Baptist blogosphere. Episcopalians and Anglicans duel incessantly over their faith and future in the Anglican Communion. Catholics focus on every topic from liturgy to law to spirituality. Although every faith has its bloggers U. Christians may be among the most vociferous of the watchdogs philosophers and ecclesiastical groupies. You can change minds and form hearts. His blog Whispers in the Loggia covers the U. Catholic church and Vatican minutiae down to the lace on the pope s vestments. Everything even the lace on top has a meaning. Everything is a signal on where things are going. Other sites are more inclined to giv! e their opponents hell. com boosted his campaign for presidency of the nation s largest Protestant denomination in . Within a year Page soured on the blogs incendiary approach to issues of church governance and religious expressions. Page fretted in a Baptist Press column that battling bloggers frighten off lost souls and new believers. For Christ s sake stop But the Rev. In August a counter blog called SBCToday edited by four pastors including the Rev. Faith bloggers vault the traditional institutional gatekeepers and denominational meeting protocols. started blogging when I saw all the levers of power were held by people who are not orthodox anymore. Blogging your beliefs is a lonely venture. Virtue says Even my wife doesn t altogether agree with me. Harmon is canon theologian for the diocese of South Carolina along with blogging at TitusOneNine standfirminfaith. There is a truth and reliability quotient. The idea is to influence the discussion Harmon says. Among Catholics the blogosphere is like looking at a big parish. It expl! ored the intersections of Catholic intellectual life and contemporary culture and politics. Last summer Welborn abruptly closed the Book to concentrate on writing fiction. Yet blogging proved too compelling to quit. She started a new blog amywelborn. com engaging readers in Catholic ideas. Share this story Digg del. Include name phone number city and state for verification. Conversation guidelines USA TODAY welcomes your thoughts stories and information related to this article. Please stay on topic and be respectful of others. Keep the conversation appropriate for interested readers across the map.

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