Comments on: Confessions of a blogger

By: erika

erika — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:39:07 +0000

Ted,
I thoroughly enjoy reading your blog and love that you are faithful in writing daily. I sense that–that it is a part of your own daily walk wiht God and others. That is what makes it so beautiful! I’m curious, what was the thing that inspired you to start your blog in the first place?

By: Ted Gossard

Ted Gossard — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:28:15 +0000

Oh, and I should mention that Scot McKnight has been a key influence on me in blogging. First by reading his blog (for around a year), then starting my own that he so graciously linked on his blog.

And I really like the friendship aspect, as well as the sharing aspect….

By: Ted Gossard

Ted Gossard — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:26:23 +0000

Erika, Your blogging is certainly unique to you. And communicates what you’re going through, very well.

I do resonate with some of what you say for my own experience. There is a sense of immediacy and dailyness in the way I blog, which kind of keeps me on edge about it, and is a part of my walk in God and in community, hopefully. (I too, by the way, have been poor at personal journaling, while opening up in blog world. I think it’s because I really like to interact with people)

Anyhow, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.

By: erika

erika — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:42:41 +0000

Hey, PrincessMax,

I was just thinking about you. I was in the other room doing some work and I thought to myself, “hey, you should leave a comment on her blog and let her know that her words really touched you.” So, it was great to come out to the computer and see your comment waiting for me

Thanks for what you wrote. I love how you framed what I am trying to express here!

Oh, and we have some things in common. I lived in Chicago for seven years (college and post-college), and Doug and I honeymooned on Orcas, my favorite place on earth (I am a native Seattlite). I thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts from your year there.

By: PrincessMax

PrincessMax — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:11:25 +0000

My heart jumped a little and I even let out a small gasp (I’m not normally that dramatic) when I scrolled down and saw that you were quoting me! Thank you for the honor.

I found your blog through Arloa Sutter’s blog. God is marvelous when he combines the release that you get from blogging with the insight that we receive from reading.

By: erika

erika — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:19:05 +0000

maria,

Thanks for sharing that! And you will thoroughly enjoy meeting Scot–he is truly a delightful person and a fantastic teacher. I am jealous that you will be there (at Irvington no less!)

By: Tom Pratt

Tom Pratt — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:31:44 +0000

Sweet. Do more.

By: don bryant

don bryant — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:50:49 +0000

Thanks for your stuff, Erika. I thought I was the only evangelical out here who relaxed with Maker’s Mark. I honestly don’t remember how I came across your site. But once I did, I stayed. I look forward to your book.

By: Maria Dodson

Maria Dodson — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:39:25 +0000

Erika,
This seems like an appropriate place to tell you that reading your blog has challenged me in many ways. And as I sit here with a squirming boy in my arms - i’m searching for the right words…in short i know that it is your testimony of life on Kenwood that has helped me more frequently ask “what does it mean to love this person”. thanks for that. P.S. I heard of Scott McKnight thru YOUR blog and am excited to here him talk in PDX next month.

By: erika

erika — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:25:49 +0000

John,
I love your comment about remembering! Perhaps that is why my spirit starts to get all tangled if I don’t blog–I am in need of that ritual of remembering, of rehearsing who God is and how God is faithful. Maybe in a way this blog is my altar of stones built to declare and remember the rivers safely crossed!

Thanks for your encouragement–it is deeply appreciated!