the order of bloggers

Interesting thoughts connecting blogging and celtic monasticism via Mike Riddell... from Paul (Prodigal Kiwi) Fromont...

... ancient monks were creative innovators, “largely self-resourcing” and self-motivated. So too are many bloggers who creatively and innovatively resource their and others' spirituality via globally interconnected e-highways and byways. Their individual blogs (I hope mine is, at least) are missional and spirituality outposts to which 'pilgrims' can 'travel' in order to sustain and resource their journey toward God – which after all has to be a central focus of missional orders (which are a creative reworking of the monastic tradition, a tradition (at the very least) centered on God incarnated in Jesus.

... Contemporary bloggers, like Celtic monks of old, relate as a loose, geographically dispersed network of wayfarers united by shared interests, needs and journeys. They keep alive a sense of common purpose and shared dreams, through the interactivity of writing “letters”

I can see some sense in this... and it neatly connects how I feel about my/our public journey and passion... for which I am grateful to Paul (and Mike)!

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