As my sidebar indicates, I’m a member of the blog network hosted by The Christian Century.  Honestly, I was pretty fortunate to have been chosen as such a novice blogger a few months ago, but I’ve tried to keep up with the hot shots and really appreciated the fellowship of the network–especially reading others’ work.

The CC Blogs network, along with other sorts of religion-related blogs I read, has really broadened my perspective this year.  It’s sort of strange, but while on yearlong internship in Scotland, I feel like my knowledge and understanding of the American church has been greatly strengthened due to my blog reading.

I read more evangelical blogs (with enormous subscription rates) like Cerulean Sanctum.  I stay up with Shuck and Jive, who’s, well, more liberal.  From pastors in Iowa to private support blogs of seminary students, blogging–or rather, reading blogs–has led me to better understand the diversity of the church, and how I fit in it.

Gorden Atkinson, aka Real Live Preacher, runs the CC Blog site, and just launched a vastly new and improved look.  Click on the icon below to check it out.