Daily Archives: November 4, 2008

Okay…

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So, since when was McCain God’s candidate?

I love reading the facebook statuses that now read something like “trying to remember that God is still in control.”  If you, Believer, are now deflated by the nation’s choice for president, then you have bigger problems.

God never promised that our government would save us, or was even for us.  In fact, scripture tells us the opposite.  I really did struggle with my decision to not vote but found peace about my decision a few months ago in 1 Samuel 8.  Israel decides they would rather have a king to put their trust in instead of their God; and He allows it, but not without warning Israel what they were choosing.

I accept that by most people’s standards, I have “no right to complain” because I didn’t vote.  I have no need to complain.  I have no faith in government regardless of race, gender or political party.  This election is in no way a “loss” for Christianity or the Church, nor would it have been a “win” had it gone the other way.  My faith is in Christ and his bride, the Church.

A vote for change…

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Vote no to RSS feed readers.

I’m convinced that RSS feed readers are responsible for the degradation of the blogging community.  While convenient, feed readers restrict creativity and reduce the blogging experience to merely reading text on a screen. Reading the blogs of your friends via a feed reader is like reading a book on the computer — cold and mechanical — as if to say only the content (and not the form) matters.  A person’s blog, much like a book, communicates through its structure and design as well as the written word.  The templates we choose (or choose to design) are an extension of the words we write.  This is why I vow to visit your actual blog from this day forward.

Research has (probably) shown that a reader is 10 times (+/- 10) more likely to provided feedback on your blog when they visit your site instead of reading your posts through a feed reader.  Visiting blog sites has also been known to lower your risk of heart disease and increase energy levels (when done on a treadmill).

Will you join me in visiting the blogs of your friends?  Will you choose comments over convenience?  Together, we can change the (blogging) world.