Blogging and your soul

Well known Episcopal commentator, Doug LeBlanc reflects on an essay by Buddhist blogger EJ Eskow about the challenge of balancing blog-inspired activism with Buddhist disciplines. LeBlanc mention[s] Eskow’s essay by way of confession. "Blogging is not my default setting as a writer, and I’m not sure I’ve ever found a relaxed, unguarded voice in this medium. Blogging has sometimes made it too easy to lapse from noting irony to indulging unkind sarcasm."

How do I blog without losing something important in my soul? For now, this is my answer: I must blog less, and do more long-view writing that generates joy — both in my life and, I hope, in the lives of my readers.

Read it all here

Posted by Ann Fontaine on January 1, 2008 2:00 PM | |
Comments (2)

I try to blog from the heart and try to always remember that I am writing something that is read by other hearts.

Peace and Love and Happy New Year to all

Alice MacArthur

Posted by A L MacArthur [TypeKey Profile Page] | January 1, 2008 4:27 PM

I sympathize with the question he asks. It is so very easy to get caught up in Battlestar Anglicana! It's a question I ask myself pretty often. Some days I manage to live into my baptismal covenant. Some days I fail.

But as long as there are blogs and websites devoted to the destruction of the Episcopal Church [and we know who they are], I just cannot quit the blogging enterprise.

Posted by Lisa Fox [TypeKey Profile Page] | January 1, 2008 9:01 PM

Add your comments

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

Reminder: At Episcopal Café, we hope to establish an ethic of transparency by requiring all contributors and commentators to make submissions under their real names. For more details see our Feedback Policy.

Advertising Space