Comments on: I Don’t Care What You Think of My Christianity

By: Mary W. Lukens Goodson

Mary W. Lukens Goodson — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:54:00 +0000

I really wish there was a LOVE button on this blog! <3

By: James

James — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:07:22 +0000

Doesn't this post fly in the face of all those posts you write about what *other* Christians are doing wrong? I mean, even in saying that your posts are "descriptive" rather than "prescriptive," that comes off as being pretty disingenuous when you say things like, "we Christians too often fail in these ways…" well, that's a judgment isn't it? a judgment you're making about the faiths of millions of other Christians. When you use the word "fail" and follow that up with your particular insight, aren't you saying, "here's how we can succeed?" There's a lot on your blog that I find encouraging, but this attitude of, "I'm just a guy with a blog," in contrast with, "here's how we fix things," comes off as pretty false and condescending too.

Just pick a mask and stick with it.

Just playing devil's advocate.

By: John Shore

John Shore — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:22:58 +0000

Thank you, Leslie. I'm very appreciative of that. Stuff like that is huge. Thanks!! (Hear that, the rest of you readers! THIS is what I'm takin about! Pass my stuff along! Put it on StumbleUpon and Delicious and Digg! Tell your friends to read it! Put a little picture of your mug on my Facebook fan page thing! Do your part to make sure I never have to go out and get a REAL job!)

Way to lead the way, Leslie McPherson.

By: Leslie Mcpherson

Leslie Mcpherson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:17:41 +0000

I sent an associate of mine a link to this blog post and he truly enjoyed it

By: skerrib

skerrib — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:16:50 +0000

I don’t live anywhere near Disneyland anymore, so for me it would be really nice if you kept your blog going. I don’t enjoy cows & grassland nearly as much as your posts.

Oh wait, you need to do what’s best for you, not me. I certainly see your point about the income-thing. Maybe you could hold a bake sale?

By: John Shore

John Shore — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:26:32 +0000

Thanks for the big love, you guys. It's just so … well, sweet. Thank you. (Wickle: I read your last piece on McCain. Nice work. Els: I have to go see your blog. I don't think I ever have! Lemme go check it out…

By: wickle

wickle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:31:29 +0000

Well, I certainly hope that you don't stop … but I can understand. Sometimes I find myself spending more time on WordPress than I should. And while I think that your blog is probably going to help you sell some books (let's face it … your writing is awesome, and we know what we're going to get if we read here), there is the fact that there are only so many hours in a day. 24, I think.

By: Els

Els — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:39:31 +0000

I think that last line is not true. I read this blog, because I like it. I bought the penguins book (two copies, one to give away), because I was intrigued by the one chapter you put on your blog. Bought the I'm OK one out of curiosity too. If you didn't have this blog, I would never have heard of you, and would not have been buying any books either. It's of course true that people won't buy stuff they can get for free, but last time I looked, the content of your books wasn't published on this blog, except for a bunch of teasers.

I say keep blogging. Not because it may attract publishers, but because it attracts attention from people who may buy the books. (and because I think it's worth something being able to provoke thought in people who tend to see things only one way).

As for attracting readership, well… I'm not the right person to ask (two and a half dedicated readers on my own blog I think ), but I see lots of good tips on sites like copyblogger and problogger (both .com). They are aimed at people selling stuff through their blogs or advertising, but there are very many valuable tips in there.

By: John Shore

John Shore — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:18:52 +0000

bitch [Joke! This is a joke! I'm a Christian! I know it's wrong to curse! But. HUMOR!]

By: John Shore

John Shore — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:24:16 +0000

Yeah, Candace, that IS awesome of you to have bought the books; of course I appreciate that. And Ric: you're right to advise not rushing into such a decision—though, in truth I've been thinking about it for a long time. It's kind of a lot to go into (and I've been thinking about blogging about it, see what people think), but the bottom line is that … well … my blog's popular enough, but it's not SO popular that it impresses publishers in any substantial way. I've got about 4,000 dedicated readers. That's just not enough. And my readership grows steadily—but slowly. And people who read your blogs tend (I have found) not to buy your books because they feel like why should they pay for something they're getting free? So it's a bit of a Catch-22.