Which Blogs I Read…

Earlier today I mentioned that had cut way back on which blogs I read.  At one time I was reading about 120 through bloglines, but I am now down to around 20.  After that post I have gotten several e-mails asking me how I decide which blogs to read so that got me thinking about it because I guess I had an answer since I did pick which ones to keep and which ones to delete, but I had never thought about it before.

So after looking over the blogs I have kept, here is how I decided which ones to keep:

• I have a relationship with most of the bloggers whose blogs I read
• 90% are church planters.  I am one and I relate to those planting churches
• I kept guys whose church and leadership speak to me
• Most of the guys I keep up with mix their blog with leadership stuff, church stuff, and personal stuff.  I like that.
• Guys that I just like.  I know that sounds dumb, but at one time I was reading guys just because everyone else was.  Now, I am focused on guys that I simply like to read their stuff

Some of the ways I decided to quit reading some blogs:

• If you are always selling your crap on your blog, I ain’t reading
• If you post very long posts, I ain’t reading
• If you aren’t being real, I ain’t reading
• If I don’t really know you, I probably ain’t reading

That doesn’t mean any of those above things are bad, they just are some things that personally drive me nuts.

I will still keep up from time to time with some of the blogs I deleted and I will hopefully be adding guys back as they connect with me during different stages of this adventure in pastoring.