Back from GodBlogCon

I am so happy to be back and writing to you.  I had a great time at the very first GodBlogCon and I have to tell you that it was exciting to note that people are interested in reading and blogging about the Persecuted Church.

Dr. Andrew Jackson (pictured with arms crossed) has a real heart for missions and mentioned what we were doing during one of the plenary sessions.  Andy writes at Smart Christian, and has been to numerous countries including Turkey.

I had the blessing of meeting Charmaine Yoest who mentioned the Persecution Blog on her website Reasoned Audacity.

I have also posted some pictures and commentary on the conference on my two blogs - Mind & Media and Writing Right if you're interested in reading more about GodBlogCon.

In an article posted on the MSNBC website called What Would Jesus Blog? We see the following comment concerning persecution...

Many bloggers are now putting less emphasis on hot-button issues such as abortion, homosexuality and assisted suicide and are instead writing about religious oppression, poverty and world hunger, said Andrew Jackson, a seminary professor and pastor at the Word of Grace Church in Mesa, Ariz., who blogs daily at smartchristian.com.

"I think there is more and more a voice in the blogosphere against partisan politics and a voice toward public policy, social action issues and justice issues," said Jackson, who was a panelist at Biola, a small Christian university about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

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Bloggers are beginning to take on more unifying issues such as religious persecution, human trafficking and oppressive poverty, said Joe Carter, a panelist and author of evangelicaloutpost.com who came from Deerfield, Ill., for the conference.

Isn't this great!  I'm praising the Lord for all the great work He did and will continue to do concerning getting this message out.  And special thanks to all of you who prayed!