Way, Way, Way Behind on the Link Love (But Catching Up)

It’s been awhile since I devoted a post to great things that are happening on other blogs. I’d say it’s high time.

Let’s start with some recent additions to my blogroll, which I just got around to updating:

• the carnival in my head–kathy escobar, a like-minded pastor with some awesome insights and an apparent aversion to upper-case letters. very artistic. (you’ll notice that in her honor i have deliberately avoided using capital letters here.) read her recent post on shame. outstanding.
• Run with It–Cindy posts about all kinds of living-life things, and comes up with amazing nuggets, like this one from a few weeks ago.
• Under the Grace–the “other” Jeff, I call him. Some brutal honesty during de-construction.
• To Be a Fool… –Honest expressions from Heidi.
• Decompressing Faith–Erin is a popular blogger with thoughtful, insightful posts.

Honorable Mentions–These are some (not all) of my favorite bloggers, and I always check their posts as soon as they arrive in my reader:

• Accidental Blog–Sarah consistently has thoughtful posts.
• Lord, I believe; help my unbelief–Jim is blunt, honest, and thought-provoking.
• A Deconstructed Christian–Heather from “down under”. Her thoughts have cured me of writer’s block on more than one occasion. 🙂
• Letters from Kamp Krusty–Brant Hansen has a gift for making me laugh out loud in front of my laptop.
• A Former Leader’s Journey–Barb is letting us into her thoughts as she processes a painful departure from institutional Christianity. Honest and real.

CURRENT NUGGETS–here are some recent amazingly awesome posts on the blogs:

• Glenn at re-dreaming the dream is a former institutional pastor who has a heart for connecting and ministering to disenfranchised believers. He hosts a monthly synchroblog on interesting topics, and June’s topic is community. If you want to participate, go read about it.
• Internet Monk talks about Missional Street Cred. An outstanding and honest viewpoint.
• Ben at live.awake has a pet peeve about “Christianese” that he wrote about a couple of weeks ago. I’m still laughing…
• Seth at Five Cent Stand didn’t like Indy 4. Wha-a-a-t??

And FINALLY…a special mention:

Aaroneous Findings is a brand-new blog by “Aaroneous”, a long-time friend of mine. He’s got some great things to say, and a cool sense of humor. Go read his blog and show him some love!

No, really. Do it now. 🙂

Thanks to all you folks (and the others I failed to mention here) for making me think, teaching me the ropes, and making me feel welcome in blog-land. More to come…