Five Reasons Every Pastor Should Blog
May 16th, 2008 Categories: Christian Blogging Tips
I understand that you need to leverage your time in order to meet your many, many committments. In my humble opinion, blogging will help you to that end rather than hinder you. Here are five cool reasons why every Pastor in American and beyond should be utilizing a Christian blog for their church and/or personal thoughts.
1) A personal blog makes every day a Sunday. You know, you’ve got so much that you want to say, and you’re always hearing from the Lord. Problem is, you’ve only got one, maybe two, days a week that you can share something with your church. If you try to get it all in before people start leaving for lunch, you’re going to sound like that guy at the flea market trying to auction off an old car. With a blog, any time is a good time to preach. Got a word of wisdom on a Tuesday evening? Blog it. Got an awesome prophecy at 3 am? Blog it!
2) Jesus loves Wordpress, and so does Google. You know that you’ve been secretly wondering what you have to do to become number one in google for “Churches in Lakeland.” Well, you need to either get a google adwords account and start buying keyword searches, or get a Wordpress blog and start writing articles about “church in Lakeland.” Either one will work. One is slightly less expensive than the other.
3) You might learn something about your flock. For instance, that they have opinions on spiritual matters other than those that you’ve given them. You might also find out that you have some Holy Ghost anointed writers in your flock who want an outlet to use their talents. Blogs can teach you all sorts of cool things.
4) Blogging will cause you to lose twenty pounds. Just kidding. Although, if you really get hooked, you might forget to eat, and that might cause you to lose a couple of pounds. You can thank me later.
5) Sharpen your sermon skills with a blog. Ever said anything in the pulpit and knew immediately that it was dumb? I know I have. Having a blog, believe it or not, can help. If you’ve got that one good friend who will always point out when you’ve just said something stupid, and you’ve got a blog upon which you write all of your thoughts, you’ve got a great filter for your sermon content. If you don’t have that friend, email me. I’ll be happy to tell you if you’ve written a sub-standard post. Just kidding.
For real though, you need a Christian blog. Stop skirting the outer limits of web 2.0 bliss and get your butt in gear. The Kingdom is waiting. Start feeding your sheep more than twice a week (hence the photo).
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