How do you know which are the top blogs?
You don’t. There’s no definitive ranking system. In July, I used the
“Leaderboard” list compiled by the
Thinking Out Loud blog, based on
the number of links to each blog. This time I have used a top ten list from
the
blogs4God portal site.
I must confess I’m not completely clear
about how the list is compiled. In fact, it’s one of several top ten lists
on the site. The list I am using is headed “blog hits”.
1.
Bene Diction Blogs On –
invariably well-written and provocative, this is an excellent winner. Bene
Diction, a Canadian journalist, says: “My primary goal is to encourage and
promote other bloggers. It is a space to keep my writing skills sharp. I
have opinions that will differ from others, and I will assume we are adult
enough to deal with them with a relative degree of maturity.”
2.
Joshua Claybourn – a student at
Indiana University, Joshua maintains a blog that is opinionated, strong on
politics and religion and never boring.
3.
cre8d :: journal – Rachel
Cunliffe from New Zealand says she loves designing websites, and it shows.
4.
In Between Naps – I’ve said
several times before that I regard Amy Welborn’s popular blog as one of the
finest around.
5.
He Lives – David Heddle presents
“reformed theology from the point of view of a nuclear physicist”.
6.
Verus Ratio – Conservative
commentary on politics, religion and life, from G. Thomas Fitzpatrick.
7.
Catholic and Enjoying It –
Author Mark Shea runs one of the most popular of all the Christian blogs:
in-your-face commentary mixed with humour and lots of enjoyable links.
8.
Apologia – William Luse’s
Catholic blog aims to present longer, reflective essays.
9. My own website remains in the top ten
(depending which list you use). I had expected that when the Christian
bloglist moved from my site to blogs4God I would lose a substantial amount
of traffic. It hasn’t happened. I am finding a lot of visitors are coming to
read my articles on Christian blogging - a good reason to keep writing them.
10.
I Think I Need a Stiff Drink –
Josh Strodtbeck describes his writings as the “ramblings of a confessional
Lutheran with an extremely pessimistic and humorous bent”. Here’s the start
of a recent post:
I think charismatics are so far to the fringe of what constitutes orthodox,
biblical, apostolic Christianity as to be occupying the grey area between
"Christendom" and "cults." Their versions of worship, conversion, faith, etc
are so based on a kind of spiritual elitism as to come closer to ancient
Gnosticism than the religion of Saints Paul, Matthew, etc.
Christian bloggers. Never boring.
October 15th, 2002
See Also:
Christian Blogging - Future
Directions
Are Christian bloggers just indulging themselves in a fad, or
is this an important new trend?
August 2nd, 2002
The new blogs4God web portal could develop into an important
Christian ministry.
July 30th, 2002
The Top Ten Christian Blogs
Some are excellent.
July 26th, 2002
Blogging for the
Lord
Growing numbers of Christians are starting
their own weblogs. Who are they? Why do they do it? What sort of audience do
they attract? What's the future for Christian blogging? This commentary
attempts some answers.
April 30th, 2002
