New Kid on the Blog

Following Moog's comment about blogger beta i have now discovered I can switch to beta and i have, hence many of my links have gone astray and the scheme for my blog has changed. This was not unexpected and i saved all of the links i wanted to keep in another file for cutting and pasting later. Beta looks and feels great, it is easy to use, more intuitive, more variety - unfortunately i still can't manage to add two sidebars (one on each side) as none of the available templates support it and i don't know enough to do that myself. Unfortunately, despite having put all of my links in again, played with colour scheme and generally got the blog feeling like i wanted to none of it will save - i have tried a number of times, i have logged out and in again, i have taken out some of the changes and left others, then tried taking out most of them, then just changed the font and absolutely nothing happens to the blog itself - the preview comes out looking just as it should, but no...

Having been slightly shocked at the animosity (often dressed up as 'sticking by Biblical standards' or 'trying to live Christian life in a new way' depending on which side you are on) in the Emergent Church debate, I was pleasantly surprised by the thoughtful posting on the EmergentNo blog from one of the main bloggers which was concerned with how we can draw on a variety of sources (as we all do) for our Christian formation. It advocates tolerance and consideration, and was worth reading just for that. I was so pleasantl surprised I even sent a 'thank you' email to the author. The text of the post can be read here .