The Blazing Center

Post #1,000 – How To Write A Killer Blog Post

14 June 2010

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Inspirational photo suggesting that this blog post could radically change your life Opening bold-faced question that challenges people’s assumptions about life, politics, and the state of their souls? Bullet list that boils life’s most difficult problems into five simple steps: Point so broad that the only people it doesn’t apply to are dead. Powerful. Statement. Marked. By. Lots. [...]

Read Books, Not Blogs

29 September 2008

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My friend Tony and I have been having some good conversations about blogs. I like blogs. I write one for crying out loud. But Tony has freshly reminded me why I want to be reading much more from good books than I do from blogs. Here’s a few reasons why. Books Require More Reflection From the [...]

Important Changes to The Blazing Center

14 June 2008

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Things are getting busy. In two months Jen and I will leave good ‘ol Indiana, PA to attend the Sovereign Grace Ministries Pastor’s College in Gaithersburg, MD. From what I understand, I will be kept pretty darn busy. When you combine that with other projects my dad and I are involved in, like song writing, [...]

5 Traps Bloggers Fall Into

11 June 2008

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I’m coming up on one year of blogging. In the year or so that I’ve spent blogging, I’ve realized that there are some traps that young bloggers like me can easily fall into. If you blog, or are considering blogging, you may want to think about these things. Learn from my mistakes. Writing Without Doing It’s so [...]