Blog links

This is the start of a page of blog links.

Just about everyday somebody asks to see examples of blogs from  a variety of sources and using different blog platforms and showing a number of different styles for posting and design.  I will add to this list on a regular basis.

CITY COUNCIL BLOGS–

• Jennifer Daniels, candidate for the Gilbert, AZ City Council whose blog is attached to her website.

CHURCH BLOGS–

• Apache Lutheran Churches, a group of Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Churches in the White Mountains of Arizona and the Fort Apache area serving the Apache Indian Reservation.
• Church of the Resurrection on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., a church of the Anglican Mission In America, a multi-site church attended by many Gen X and Y members.
• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, a LCMS church in Charleston, S.C. which uses blog infrastructure for its new website.
• Holy Comforter Lutheran Church in Kingwood, TX, an ELCA church which uses a blog as the infrastructure for its website.
• Lewis and Clark Bible Church in Astoria, OR which had 85 posts for 2008.
• Living Hope Vineyard Church in Lansing, MI, a small church which on its website talks about its focus on outreach to city neighborhoods and to its emphasis on using Jesus Christ as a model for ministry.
• Northwest Bible Church in St. Michael, MN which uses a blog infrastructure for its website.
• Riverview Church in Holt, MI where Pastor Noel Heikkinen has established a blog to help attenders and members participate in a year-long Bible study.  Participants are given a schedule and given an opportunity to share online what they learn.
• St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Charlestown, Rhode Island which is built on a “blogger” platform.
• Waterfront Community Church in Schaumberg, Illinois which was featured on NBC News for its generous paradigm for giving to people in need.

CONGRESSIONAL BLOGS–

• Former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez from Colorado has this blog.  Wonder if he had a blog when he was in Congress?

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BLOGS–

• Annapolis (Maryland) City Politics by Republican Brian Gill.
• The Blogging Mayor of Round Lake by village mayor Bill Gentes who actively posts about his  and nearby northern Illinois communities.
• Court Rosen: Forward Together, a Roanoke, VA city council member, recently elected blogs his service from the start of his service.

MISSION BLOGS–

• Bike4Mali: Blog about a New York pastor’s bike trip to raise money for a Mali hospital in West Africa.
• Let the Nations Be Glad: A mission to the disabled in Cameroon.
• McMali blog by Thom and Amanda McMurray, two missionaries  in Bamako, Mali.  Thom is affiliated with the Christian Missionary Alliance who will soon move to Senegal.
• Missions Minded-Christ For The City: Blog maintained by Nathan and Amber Babcock, American missionaries to Nicaragua.  Even though I’ve never met them, I’ve followed their blog and feel like I know them and their ministry through their blog.
• Voice of the Martyrs’ blog which reports on persecution of Christians around the world.  I’m familiar with the organization, but haven’t follow the blog, but I will.

PASTOR BLOGS–

• Pastor Rob Appold Blog: He’s pastor of a Lutheran church in the Grand Rapids (MI) area who blogged about his trip to Israel and who wants to keep blogging after his return.
• Pastor Kevin DeYoung of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, MI who writes Restless and Reformed.  Check his writing voice.  He has two posts and I wanted to read more.  I will probably end up checking out a service at his church.
• Pastor Mark Lepper: He’s a pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church-ELCA in Belle Plain, MN and blogs using blogger.com and has an easy-to-follow first person writing voice.
• Father Jack Lumanog of Christ the King Anglican Church in DeWitt (MI), a member of the Anglican Mission in America movement.  This is his personal blog.
• Pastor Brad Mitchell of Myrtle Beach, SC, former pastor of Trinity Church in Lansing MI who now writes the blog, Running the Race.
• Rev. Jared Tucher of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in Wyoming.

POLITICAL BLOGS

• Oregon Catalyst, an online gathering spot for  political conservatives in the state of Oregon.

REAL ESTATE BLOGS–

• 52 Lee Street, a real estate blog, from Connect2Agent, a national network of real estate agents.

STATE LEGISLATOR BLOGS–

• IL State Rep. John Fritchey who uses the blogging platform from Google, Blogger.
• Maine State Rep. Kathy Chase who has been blogging since March of 2007.
• MI State Sen. Cameron Brown blog: A 54-year-old state lawmaker and conservative Republican he writes about issues and other items of concern to him.
• NM State Senator Dede Feldman who uses the Typepad blogging platform for her blog.
• NC State Rep. Ty Harrell who blogged during last fall’s campaign, took a pause and then restarted in January.
• SC State Sen. Kevin Bryant who says he has his legislature’s first blog.
• Vermont State Rep. Kate Web who . . .
• WI State Senator Mary Lazich: She’s a veteran legislator who’s a regular blogger where she clearly shows her conservative leanings.