News You'll Probably Only Get Here…

Date October 27, 2005 Posted by Roger Overton


Stand to Reason, the best apologetics
ministry around, has just launched their new website. Head on over and
take a look at the sleek design and beautiful landscapes. You can also
help me keep a job by ordering some one-of-a-kind product. For a
limited time when you order online you'll receive free shipping and STR
will pay the tax! I recommend Decision Making & the Will of God, Tactics in the Defending the Faith, and Heathen and the Unknown God. These would make great Christmas gifts.

In other news today, there's finally a rumor
that the best cartoon of all time (sorry Doug) will be released on DVD.
The source says to look for Pinky and the Brain, as well as Animaniacs,
to be out mid-2006. Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

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Interview with Doug TenNapel (Part II)

Date October 26, 2005 Posted by Roger Overton

Though I'm not incredibly knowledgeable about graphic artists in Hollywood, my guess is that there aren't very many who profess Christianity. Is there are market for quality Christian artists to be successful in this field?

You're right to assume that Christians are under-represented in every entertainment industry but country music and NASCAR. But the problem is not the industry, they didn't keep us out. Hollywood is run on principles that Christians don't feel comfortable working in: fear, greed, vanity and power. Our churches tell us to run from or resist these kinds of jobs because they could not possibly be “Godly” jobs. We should encourage our youth, especially our creative youth that this is a legitimate, “Godly” job to take. That this is what being light in a dark world is all about. That Daniel was able to serve a corrupt Nebuchadnezzar without eating the unclean food…he thrived even more than his secular counter-parts and he held a high position in one of the most corrupt empires of Earth's history. Welcome to Hollywood.

As for quality Christians, the operative word is “quality”. If you make quality work, you are welcomed in just about every capitalistic field. The thing that separates the Christian plumber from the secular plumber should be the quality of their work. If a Christian artist makes quality art that reaches the broadest mass-media markets, then yes, he or she will have a better chance of finding work than even a non-Christian liberal. Hollywood must learn that Christian does not automatically equal bad art, while Christians must learn that Christian does not automatically equal good art that everyone should like.

Would you say that Evangelical culture hasn't done well at encouraging quality Christian art? If so, why is that?

A pattern I commonly see is that Christians make the mistake of thinking that art is a spiritual gift and not a skill. No Christian wakes up at 36 years old, gets a gift from God and paints like Norman Rockwell. I hear this kind of talk thrown around a lot in Christian circles and it's just plain bad theology. Gifts cannot be earned, they aren't like skills. Skills are not gifts, they must be practiced and perfected.

I think we also tend to confuse our wishes with God's will. God doesn't need me to tell stories in Hollywood. It's not his big agenda to make me direct the greatest movie of all time. If I hear God tell me this, I'm immediately suspect that he would be obsessed with the same jacked up crap that my culture is obsessed with. It's kind of like wanting to pressure the cute chick in your youth-group to like you so you come up with supernatural mandate from God to date her…I hear this kind of stuff going on in church all the time and it's sickening. It doesn't elevate our culture's trivia to God's will status, it just reduces God to the level of our culture's trivia.

Are there some things churches could be doing to encourage quality Christian art within their congregations?

A church should encourage Christians to be good Christians and do anything they do unto the lord. We have an ugly little thing called grace we like to use to make up for every form of sloth, mediocrity, sin, and low standards. Faith without works is dead.

Last time we talked in person you mentioned that you'll be doing some lectures for the Torrey Honors Program. Why would a “great books” honors program be interested in having you teach?

HAHAHA! Okay, fine, my comics aren't 'great'. I've already lectured at Torrey primarily on showing their students creative ways to break into story-telling. That was a few years ago with Dr. Sanders…who did his doctoral dissertation on the Trinity in comic-book form so maybe having me lecture isn't so far off mark. Plus Torrey kids are exactly the kinds of people that could set their sites on entertainment. They are literate, brilliant, well versed in Western art and have the kind of work ethic required to quickly gain skills.

Assuming you're not the only good Christian artist out there, who are some other Christians who are having a positive impact with there work?

Butch Hartman is a show creator at Nickelodeon who has enjoyed great success on a number of shows like Fairly Oddparents and Danny Phantom. Patricia Heaton is the smashing wife on Everybody Loves Raymond. There are many other men and women of faith that I bump into on all levels of production. But I think their are two key jobs that need more Christians and they are the brain-trust of Hollywood; the writer and the studio executive.

If someone were intersted in becoming a writer or studio executive, what would they need to do to get there?

Executives get to the top using giant 50 pound bags of cocaine…okay, I’m kidding…they use prostitutes. Executives usually get in through “development”. They can be receptionists, P.A.’s lawyers, Literature majors and they end up being good at anything but writing, directing, acting or drawing. They have excellent social skills and could use a business background.

Writing is an easy skill to learn but a hard one to master. It largely comes from working harder at the craft than the next guy. There are hundreds of thousands of writers, but less than 5,000 of them are getting paid to do so. You gotta be on top of your game. If I recommend any formal education to writers it would be a submersion in the classics…which goes back to the Torrey Honors program!

One last random question, what television shows do you watch for entertainment?

I watch Ebert and Roper, Lost, Alias, and Survivor. I hate everything else.

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Interview with Doug TenNapel (Part I)

Date October 25, 2005 Posted by Roger Overton

Earthboy Jabocus, Tommysaurus Rex, and Creature Tech all take place primarily in central California. What's the significance of this location?

I was raised in a small town outside of Turlock called Denair. I see a lot of stories take place in New York, L.A., or Chicago and there seems to be an implication that these places are more important or more “truthful”. I like to pay tribute to everyday great people that are often discounted or considered “fly-over” people.
Some might consider your fascination with unusual creatures such as ectoids and space eels to be disturbing. Where does your inspiration for these things come from?

Well, it may be disturbing but it’s always been there. I love insects, amphibians and odd-ball animals like eels. These are animals on the outskirts of nature that represent creativity, novelty and wonder. In some ways, I like to write about these things because they are a bit disturbing even to me. They’re also fun to draw since human anatomy can be so difficult…drawing a made up creature is easier to make look like I know what I’m doing.

Your graphic novels have some obvious overtones, such as the anti-socialism in Earthboy Jacobus. I haven't seen similar themes in your TV show Catscratch. Is there a difference in how you approach these mediums?

One big difference is that I’m paid by an employer to make Catscratch, while my graphic novels I fund myself so I can make the subject matter whatever I want. I still try to make sure Catscratch presents good and bad in a way that kids can clearly understand. It’s not preachy, but if you don’t have a Western moral in some part of the story-telling fabric, it won’t read well for our broadest audience.

The graphic novel is a profound medium for morals or politics that are not readily welcomed in Hollywood. It’s liberating and actually part of my storytelling formula…I like to tell stories I’m not allowed to tell elsewhere. There are also elements of these stories that many of my conservative or religious friends might not like…too bad. For the same reasons I don’t let Hollywood influence my graphic novels I also don’t try to tell stories that will easily fit within my religious culture.

 

How have these expressions of your moral and political values impacted your ability to sell your projects in Hollywood?

That’s tough to gauge…and it would be really petty to assume that everything I get turned down is because of my politics or faith. I recently had a feature movie meeting with Betty Thomas (Director of Private Parts). She is a feminist of sorts…but a very nice one. She was able to look at some of the Alpha-male storytelling in Earthboy Jacobus and laugh at it from afar. She could see how an audience would like it. She wanted to tell the story. So just because my political ideology is different than the person across the table from me, it’s not an automatic deal killer.

While I hate much of what Hollywood stands for, we can’t broad-brush individuals with easy stereotypes. They aren’t the bad guys…we conservatives and Christians who run from this industry are the bad guys. I’m living in a house right now paid for by my ideological enemies.
 
Do you see your work, especially in graphic novels, as a means of evangelism or simply voicing your opinion on various topics?

I don’t see how I can separate anything I say as being one or the other. If I speak the truth, to some degree I am evangelizing. I make a case for what I think. I make the case by voicing my opinion and giving supports or reasons for why I hold these positions. That said, I don’t just hammer a message home. The message is just as much a part of my organic process as putting insect monsters in everything…I’m not manufacturing bumper stickers. I’m telling stories. I’m not sure I answered your question.

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Raiders of the Lost Links

Date October 24, 2005 Posted by Roger Overton

Did you know the A-Team Blog is “World” famous? Thanks to Joe Carter, we are now.




The folks at Monergism.com have finally started a (group) blog- Reformation Theology. They've been doing a good job of keeping it updated regularly with interesting posts.




The audio from this year's Desiring God conference on Suffering & the Sovereignty of God is now available online for free. I originally saw this at the Reformation 21 blog, but since the blog is poorly designed (no archives or permalinks), the link is to DG. Tim Challies live-blogged the conference.




Our friend Nancy Pearcey and her husband, Rick, have launched The Pearcey Report. While it looks great, I wonder when they'll be adding a blog to it… (HT: Mind & Media)




Our cool Arminian friend, Simon Shull, has launched a new blog called The God Bloggers. It's an “annotated bibliography” of Christian bloggers. So far he's made at least one excellent selection…




Amy and I met C.S. Lewis scholar Bruce Edwards in Fresno yesterday. For those fearful that the Narnia film will be a disaster (such as Disney “pocahontasizing” the story), Dr. Edwards says there doesn't appear to be anything to worry about. His comments on the movie reminded me of the assurances Gene Veith has offered.




Speaking of Narnia… I bet you'd like to see a new, high-resolution trailer! So would I, but as of this posting I haven't succesfully downloaded it yet. [Update: if you have trouble with the download as I did, go here for the “X-Large” streaming version. My reaction: WOW! Aslan's on the move…]

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Sensitivity Run Amok

Date October 22, 2005 Posted by Amy Hall

There's  a kind of sensitivity in preaching that goes
ridiculously beyond the cultural considerations of 1 Corinthians 9:19-23.  The following is an actual (condensed) IM
conversation I just had with a good friend at a prestigious seminary…

Kim:  I'm
just about done writing the worst sermon of my life…. preaching class stinks
with all the ridiculous restrictions on everything.
Amy: 
Restrictions?
Kim:  Yes…
Amy:  What kind?
Kim:  10-12 minutes, must be 3-point sermon, must have your
context be the 8 people you are preaching to…must be on a specific passage
that they have chosen, and so the list goes on and on.
Amy:  Yuck.  What are you preaching on?
Kim:  I
have to preach on Luke 3:7-18…JBap in the wilderness preaching to his
“brood of vipers.”  It so
stinks and I'm not happy with it.  It's
hard balancing Protestant/Catholic, age differences, theological differences,
etc. for these specific 8 people when doing a sermon that involves
theology.  I've been dancing around a lot
and I think that's part of what has made this difficult.
Amy:  Hmmm. 
Why should you have to dance around just to make everybody happy? 
Kim: 
Because preaching class gets mad at you otherwise, and it's not worth it.  If I only wrote to “Protestants”
than it leaves the Catholic woman out and she won't feel that she's a part of
the “preaching experience,” and then we'll have to hear about it.
Amy:  You could
speak to everybody as a Protestant.  That's what you
are, isn't it?  Why should she expect to agree with you?
Kim: 
Nope, that's not how preaching class works… like I said… restrictions,
restrictions… but I did stick a bit of blatant Protestantism in there.
Amy:  That's
ridiculous.  I think you should write a parody sermon…

Jesus: 
I want you to preach the Gospel! 

Peter: 
Yes, Jesus!

Jesus:  Just make sure that you NEVER say anything anyone disagrees with, all
right?  We want them to feel like they're part of the experience!

Kim:  Yeah, that's sort of it.
Amy:  LOL
Kim: 
People will naturally disagree, but it's more saying things like “You are
saved by faith alone”–
Amy: 
AAACK!  You wouldn't want to say something like that!
Kim:  when
that doesn't incorporate the Catholic belief. 
We got into this discussion last week in class.   This guy wanted to write his sermon that
mentioned the church as a “2000 year old institution,” and this woman
in our class started complaining about how her denomination was only 100
years old, and how she wouldn't feel included if someone preached a sermon that
called the church a 2000 year old institution.
Amy:  Oh, you've
got to be kidding me!!  That's hilarious!  People are way too
sensitive.  The teacher should have told her to get over it.
Kim:  Oh no, the preceptor who I had at the time was way into it,
and then we had to have about a 15 minute discussion about how he could change
the focus of his sermon so that she would feel included.
Amy:  Good grief.
Kim:  Amy,
I agree with you.  I’ll just do what they
want for the year, and then go back to my own style of preaching.  But the people who haven't preached before
are getting caught up in up in all of this–restrictions and rules, etc.
Amy:  Let me
guess…was the prof a woman?
Kim:  Yes, but it was with the preceptor that we were having this
conversation.
Kim:  She's a woman too, though.
Amy:  Surprise,
surprise.  Sometimes we women are too worried about people's feelings at
the expense of what needs to be said.
Kim:  Yeah, well.

I have to say that I find it a bit ironic that the very
woman who was demanding such deference from everyone was about to expound the
“brood of vipers” speech!

[Disclaimer: my friend allowed me to post this with the
understanding that I would change her name and also tell you that her comments
are in the genre of “dramatic venting” and her seminary is not a terrible
place!]

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Book Review: Further Up & Further In by Bruce Edwards

Date October 21, 2005 Posted by Roger Overton

“An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books
once only.” Said C.S. Lewis in his essay, “On Stories.” Not every book is worth
reading more than once, and some aren’t worth even the first read. But when it
comes to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, one of those classics is
found that begs us to return on many occasions. How is it possible to read the
same story countless times and not grow weary of it? One way is to broaden our
understanding of it by approaching it from different perspectives.

In Further Up & Further In, Bruce Edwards gives a
walkthrough to this enchanting story. He begins by introducing the reader to
C.S. Lewis raising the question, “Who was Clive Staples Lewis that we should be
mindful of him?” (2)

The bulk of this short book is dedicated to the story in
which many have fallen in love with the great lion, Aslan. The seventeen
chapters of Lewis’ tale are grouped into 5 chapters in Dr. Edwards’s book.
First, the story is narrated with attention drawn to the emotions of the
characters and reader as it progresses. After the story as been explained some
background information is offered on various subjects relevant to the material
covered, such as “The Wardrobe,” “The Beavers,” and “Deep Magic.” At the end of
the book are a series of study questions for each chapter and a suggested
bibliography for going even further up and further in.

The greatest strength of Bruce Edwards’s book is that he
never lectures the reader. He is more of a guide, or a fellow reader, pointing
things out as the story progresses. Rather than analyze isolated aspects of the
story, he takes us into the story itself with witty and whimsical comments
along the way.

There are always things of which more could be said
in any book, but at times it felt like more should have been said. And
so, the greatest weakness is the book’s brevity. The best example is on the
final page of the book where points are made of the story in light of Grace,
Redemption, Resurrection, and Restoration. Only two to five sentences were
written under each heading, though this would have made for a powerful conclusion
had it been expanded upon.

Aside from its brevity, the book is a welcome companion
to reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; whether it’s for the
first time or the tenth time. Bruce Edwards succeeds in showing us another way
to view the story, to find our selves in it, and leave us wanting more.

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Is the Reformation Over? (Part II)

Date October 20, 2005 Posted by Roger Overton

In the comments on Part I, I noted that Noll and Nystrom’s article is
primarily historical in nature, however it seems to suggest that the
Reformation is over in light of the mutual acceptance between Protestants and
Roman Catholics. Indeed, “more and more evangelicals and Catholics are joining
to serve God together with as much creativity as God-given skills and divinely
appointed limitations allow. The needy of the world care little whether the
Christian before them is evangelical or Catholic but much whether they might
encounter the love of Christ and the truth of the gospel that can redeem the
soul.”

This illustration, however, begs the question as to whether
or not Rome does offer the “truth of the gospel that can redeem the soul.” Further,
the needy of the world might find a Mormon missionary just as alluring as the
evangelical or Catholic.

Now for the big contentious point you’ve all been waiting
for- is the Reformation over? As Paul would say, “may it not be!” Rome’s
official doctrine is no better, and may actually be worse, than it was at the
time the Reformation began. Originally, the idea was to change the Catholic
Church, not start a plethora of new denominations. However impractical the
reformation of the Roman Catholic Church may seem, it still bears the same
weight it did back then and is a worthy goal.

I raised several questions at the end of the last post.
These are all answered powerfully in the latest issue of Modern Reformation,
“Shall We Still Protest?” In his article “Can We Be Confessional and Catholic?”
Michael Horton says that the church “is the offspring of the gospel, not vice
versa. Where the gospel is preached, there is a visible church of Christ. It is
not the only mark, but it is the most foundational one. This means unity cannot
be pursued on the basis of a common cultural commitment.”

Here’s the rub: We too often confuse moral activism with
commitment to truth. Simply because I agree with someone that the life of the
unborn should be defended or the poor should be helped does not mean the church
they follow preaches the true Gospel. We should indeed work together, but we
must also recognize that the person beside us may need to hear the Gospel as
much as the person we’re helping.

At the Council of Nicea (in 325) Eusebius of Caesarea
proposed a creed that many people were happy with. Unfortunately these people
included heretics. Athanasius recognized that a creed needed to be formed to
clearly exclude the Arians who used the same biblical language for the trinity
but meant different things by it. Similarly, the “Mere Christianity” J.I.
Packer described is well and good, but someone believing what the Roman
Catholic Church teaches can agree with it because they mean different things by
the same words; different things that are contrary to biblical teaching. This
only leads to confusion and compromise, not true unity.

The official teaching of Rome is still not the true gospel.
Michael Horton points out that, “In spite of numerous
ecumenical dialogues since Vatican II, Rome officially has not moved at all
toward revoking any of Trent’s condemnations themselves or toward embracing
justification by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. (In
recent accords with mainline Lutheran and Reformed bodies, Rome has not lifted
the anathemas of Trent but has simply said they no longer apply to “the present
dialogue partner.”)”

Justification aside, there are also
still issues with papal authority, worship of Mary as co-redeemer, and explicit
inclusivism. Such inclusivism, unfortunately, is as pervasive in Evangelicalism
as it is in Roman Catholicism, but it’s also the official teaching of the
church. However, Brian McLaren’s point from the previous post bears
consideration. Many Roman Catholics don’t believe in all of these things. Mary
worship is really just a sect, and many might not ascribe infallibility to the
Pope or consider their own works necessary for salvation.

Another feature in Modern Reformation is “Ten These for
Roman Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue.” The seventh thesis put our proper
response well- “We affirm that individual Roman Catholics, who for various
reasons do not self-consciously give their assent to the precise definitions of
the Roman Magisterium regarding justification, the sole mediation of Christ,
the monergistic character of the new birth, and similar evangelical issues, are
out brothers and sisters despite Rome’s official position. We deny that this
allows for joint communion or similar expressions of visible ecclesial union.”

Furthermore, number nine states: “We affirm that the Roman
Catholic Church contains many true believers, but we deny that in its present
confession it is a true visible congregation, much less that it is the mother
of all the faithful to whom all believers must be related.”

Our proper stance should then be that we are still
protesting, hoping to reform Rome to the beauty of truth it once defended;
recognizing that while some of its adherents may be saved by the grace of God,
we must consider each Roman Catholic in desperate need of the true gospel once
for all delivered to the saints.

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Is The Reformation Over? (Part I)

Date October 19, 2005 Posted by Roger Overton

The one doctrine that unites all Protestants against Rome is
that of salvation. There have been disagreements about church governance and
revelatory authority, but the unifying factor of Protestantism boils down to
“justification by grace alone through faith alone on account of Christ alone.”
This, among other lesser protests, has been the battle cry of Protestants for
hundreds of years. Recently, however, debates have formed whether or not we
should still dispute the theology of Rome.

In A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian McLaren notes that, “the
average Roman Catholic today (at least among those I meet) is increasingly
clear about God’s grace being a free gift, not something that can be earned or
merited.” (126) I’d like to meet the Roman Catholics McLaren’s met. I haven’t
met a Roman Catholic who was “increasingly clear” about any doctrinal issue.
Regardless, if contemporary Roman Catholics don’t believe personal merit is
necessary, this raises a critical consideration for Protestants.

Contemporary theologians have gone far beyond simply
asserting that Roman Catholics no longer believe that our merit contributes to
our justification. A significant group of Christian leaders signed the ECT I in
1994, claiming Protestants and Roman Catholics should be united in the name of
Christ. This has been followed by several other documents, both for and against
this unity. The argument in favor of ECT I was summed up by J.I. Packer:

The drafters of ect declare that they accept Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior, affirm the Apostle’s Creed, “are justified by grace
through faith because of Christ,” understand the Christian life first to last
as personal conversion to Jesus Christ and communion with him, know they must
“teach and live in obedience to the divinely inspired Scriptures, which are the
infallible Word of God,” and on this basis are “brothers and sisters in Christ.
(“Why I Signed It” in Christianity Today 12/12/1994)

Mark Noll (a prominent signer of ECT I) and Carolyn Nystrom published Is the
Reformation Over? a short time ago. Their recent article in Books &
Culture highlights many of the main points. Many Protestants and Roman
Catholics now see each other not just as co-laborers in the culture, but as
part of the catholic body of Christ. According to Noll and Nystrom, Protestants
and Roman Catholics, work together on many important moral and social issues,
believe in “Mere Christianity” (as explained by J.I. Packer), share significant historical roots, engage in
various ministries together, and draw from shared spiritual traditions (such as
lectio devina). “The dramatic religious and cultural shifts of the past
forty years have increased the sense of a shared Christian faith—shared but not
identical.”

Is this ecumenical shift valid, or should we still be
protesting? If so, on what grounds? Can we recognize any salvation within Rome?

For more on Is the Reformation Over?, see Tim
Challies’s two part review.

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Daniel Craig Nominated For Open "Bond" Position

Date October 18, 2005 Posted by Amy Hall

The long-awaited nomination for the new James Bond has been announced, and the controversy is already growing.  Of all the names on all the Bond lists (Colin Firth, Hugh Jackman, Jeremy Northam…) where did this guy come from?  Oh sure, there's been talk about the lack of blond Bonds for years, and this nomination would definitely placate the blond special interest groups; but if being blond was their most important criterion, why not go with Ewan McGregor who has a record of solid experience with hand-to-hand combat and fantasy gadgets?  The best this guy can offer us in terms of experience is Tomb Raider and “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles“–hardly the big leagues.  He may be British, but that doesn't mean he's qualified.

 

Craig has tried to reassure his critics by expressing knowledge of the Bond enterprise, but he refuses to answer questions of specific one-liners he'll use in the face of actual upcoming villains.  In fact, rumor has it that in 1982 Craig was more interested in the Bond girls than he was in James Bond.  How do we know that the first evil double agent Bond girl to come along won't tempt him over to the other side?  We don't, people. 

 

This is unacceptable!  Are we supposed to just trust the casting director on this when the outcome will affect us all so deeply?  I can't stay silent!  This isn't just because my nominee was snubbed, I'm opposing this nomination on principle. 

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Bloggers, What Are We Doing Here?

Date October 18, 2005 Posted by Amy Hall

What is blogging?  What are we doing here?  What is our purpose?  What will blogs accomplish in this society?  I ask myself these things as I spend hours each week producing posts that will then take others away from work, families, and who knows what else.  Is the blogosphere worth the time it consumes?  The information we pass on could probably be found somewhere else, so what service are we performing for our readers?  As bloggers, we need to know the answers to these questions if we're going to persevere.

 

At the GodBlogCon, John Mark Reynolds talked about blogs as “Platonic dialogue”–interactions both within blogs and between blogs that can only be understood in the context of the entire blogosphere on any given day.  We're not developing carefully crafted theses that will sit on a person's shelf to be studied and examined for years.  Our thoughts are brief, passing quickly into the archives, soon to be forgotten. 

 

In a way, this medium is similar to talk radio.  Blogs, like talk radio, respond immediately to the issues of the day, are shaped by those who react, and then move on to confront the next approaching idea, dilemma, or event.

 

And people watch and listen.

 

They see how we react, they see our thought processes, they see our values and beliefs applied to every new situation, they see how we treat people.  They watch, they listen, and they learn.  Whether for good or for bad, they will take on the qualities and habits they see in us.

 

Bloggers, as you see your work constantly fading away, are you discouraged because you're not sure what you're accomplishing?  Don't give up.  We're not producing information, we're teaching people how to live.  And that is a worthy pursuit.

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