Is blogging over-rated?

Hello there!  Ya know, just when I thought that blogging was over-rated...I began a new entry. Ha-ha-ha!  I've read that blogging is so popular because it connects people.  It provides a sort of community.  I write something, you read it. If you respond with a comment or a criticism we can enter some sort of dialogue with one another and share experiences.  In a sense, we can help each other.  Right?  Hopefully so.  My intent in writing this blog is to express some things and to help you (the reader) and myself.  Shall we?

For instance, take the picture shown here.  I know it may look a bit corny but check it out.  All these people of different backgrounds (and let's use our imaginations here), different socio-economic statuses and such...all connecting and reaching out to each other.  In a perfect world, that's how it would work.  From a biblical perspective, that's how the church should look.  Different people all working together and reaching out to people who are not believers.  A community of believers.  Sharing things with each other.  Praying for one another.  Being open and honest about life and what the Lord is doing in their lives.  Being honest about their sin and their heartache and their failures.  Encouraging one another.  Building each other up.  Rebuking one another when necessary.  Communing with their God each and every (yes EACH and EVERY) day.  Abiding in Him.  Trusting, believing, and expecting God to do HUGELY, AMAZING things. Sharing time and space with one another AND with people who need to know the love of Christ. Who need to hear the Gospel.  To see it lived out.  To see Christ through us.  Don't just blog or read blogs because you enjoy them or because you want that sense of community.  Blogs are over-rated.  Establish and work on community in real life.  And post comments about the community building you're doing with other believers to reach a dying world for Christ.

Til next time,
U.M.