On November 3, my friend Benjamin Vrbicek and I will release our book Blogging for God’s Glory in a Clickbait World. Our prayer is that the book helps encourage aspiring Christian writers to blog, provides them guidance along the way, and makes sure that all the while, our eyes stay focused on God and his glory.
One of the most fun parts of this project was the communal aspect of the book. Benjamin and I were able to have conversations with dozens of Christian bloggers who were so generous to offer their wisdom and perspective. Blogging for God’s Glory in a Clickbait World offers not just Benjamin and my knowledge, but input from some of the best bloggers we know and follow.
One question that we asked everyone in this group was whether or not they believe that blogging is dead. Is the era of blogging past, replaced by Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube? Are we crazy to write this book? We received such thoughtful engagement around this question, we included it as an appendix in the book.
Enjoy the free download below. And if you have ever considered blogging, or know someone who writes, maybe you might consider grabbing Blogging for God in a Clickbait World.
Here is how Benjamin begins the appendix:
In a series of quick, mindless thumb swipes to the top of my Twitter feed, my eyes notice a tweet of someone I respect—someone who thinks deeply about blogging and journalism and reaching people for Christ via the internet.
His tweet declares that blogs have been killed.
I take a deep breath and sit zombie-like on my couch.
I stare out the window for a bit contemplating why the book about blogging that I’ve spent the last two years working on wouldn’t also die as collateral damage. Who needs a book about blogging if blogging is dead? Though the first draft of the book is already written, it sure would save my coauthor and me a lot of time and money to cut our losses.