John Mark Reynolds, Mark Roberts and yours truly at the GodBlogCon Panel discussion hosted by Hugh Hewitt, foreground. (Thanks to Mike's Noise for the pictures.)
A lingering thought the morning after is that the effectiveness of the Blogosphere for the future may depend more on the relationships built face to face then any thing ever written on a blog.
I most enjoyed meeting and talking "blog shop" with some of the most creative minds out there, (like David Wayne, Mark Daniels, Joe Carter, Andy Jackson, and Bill Rice) but I also missed "meeting" and seeing a few of my regular reads: Amanda Witt, Steve Norris, Craig Williams, Brad Hightower, KC Wahe. Another time, friends?
Perhaps the best part is getting to know people by name and not "blog nickname". I have been thinking more and more about Andy Jackson's admonition for Christian bloggers to be more forthcoming about personal information and point of view as a way of being more authentic and honest. More and more I wonder if "anonymous" or pseudonymous blogs are contradictory to Christian witness.
For those of you who were there and heard me answer Hugh's question of whom I wished would most blog: I said that we needed Rob Asghar's voice back in the blogosphere. He's in London and Rome celebrating his birthday and undoubtedly concerned about his family in Pakistan, but a note encouraging Rob to reengage his dormant blog would might nudge him back into the fray--and we'll be all the better for it.
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