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  Lynn Mosher

  9 months ago

  Hey, Mark! Sometimes the tongue gets tied in a knot, doesn't it? The next time someone asks if you're one of those Godbloggers, just give them an exuberant, "YES! Would you like to be one, too?" LOL!
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  spaghettipie

  9 months ago

  I know that's why Peter's story is included in the Bible . . . he walked with Jesus, was his disciple and close friend, and still he denied in the heat of the moment. Here at home I am surrounded by people who share my beliefs. When I'm on the computer, it's easy to have confidence because I still have a screen (and some SSL) to protect me. Face to face, I wonder what I would do, too.
  
  It's assuring to know he is with us - saying the right words or the wrong ones - until the end of the age. Thanks for sharing honestly with us. I'll pray for boldness and security in your identity in Christ as you share your heart and life with others this weekend.
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  Monica Brand

  9 months ago

  o, how I wish I was there! maybe next year.
  
  the Internet makes it so easy. type, hit publish. real life catches me off guard too many times too. I'll be praying all "those godbloggers" speak loudly with actions and with truth. :)
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  Marcus

  9 months ago

  Thanks for the encouragement! I'm just trying to engage folks here as an excellent blogger. I figure if I can earn credibility that way, I'll be on the right track.
  
  I'm just trying to work with excellence and integrity in the industry. (If the blogosphere can be called an industry.)
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  Shep

  9 months ago

  Take heart. Fumbling for the right response to, "You're one of those Godbloggers, arn't you" isn't even close to the same as denying Christ. That kind of generalization should leave one fumbling for words.
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  Paul Chaney

  9 months ago

  Ouch! Certainly didn't mean it as an acquisition. Far from it and apologize if it came out sounding that way. Truth is, I'm an ordained Southern Baptist minister who grew up in church.
  
  I have great respect for the Godblog community and claim a number of its members as personal friends, La Shawn Barber and Stacey Harp among them. Oh, and you as well!
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  Paul Chaney

  9 months ago

  Make that accusation, not acquisition. D'oh!
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  Marcus

  9 months ago

  Paul, sorry about the confusion.
  
  I should have made it clear that Paul is also a Christian. He made it clear that he was not at all threatened by "Godbloggers."
  
  Paul is a great guy. VERY encouraging--and doing a good job of living out his faith without necessarily wearing his faith on his sleeve.
  
  Shep, you mentioned the generalization of being "one of those Godbloggers." The conference set up actually encouraged this. All of the Godbloggers had a special colored ribbon under our names to distinguish us from the others.
  
  The point here was not to criticize Paul. I was just struggling with my own issues and found it so odd that even another Christian recognizing me as a "Christian blogger" bothered me somehow. Not because of what Paul had done but because of what we Christians do to encourage that kind of thinking.
  
  Wearing special purple ribbons. Calling ourselves Godbloggers. Etc.
  
  I think it would bother me just as much to be a Manblogger or something.
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  Every Square Inch

  9 months ago

  Marcus
  
  Just catching up on your blog - interesting post. We all battle what the Bible calls the "fear of man" so you're not alone. We just like blending in, don't we?
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  real live preacher

  9 months ago

  My response is to become very childlike. "Why yes, I am one of the God bloggers." It's kind of a spiritual discipline to let people think what they will think until they get to know me, which they can choose to do or not.
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