Spread the Love/Blogging with a Purpose

Ann Kroeker kindly passed on a Spread the Love Award to me. Thanks, Ann! I really appreciate the encouragement. So I’m going to pass it on to a couple other great blogs that spread the love of Jesus. Now guys whose blogs I read, I’m sorry, but this just looks like a girly award to me. I couldn’t bring myself to award it to a guy. Not that guys can’t spread the love of Jesus, but if I were a guy and got this award, I might be a little confused. Or something. Okay, I’m just digging myself deeper here. Without further ado…

I’m awarding two “journeying” bloggers, Joy and Jennifer.

Joy, at joy in the journey, is a homemaking missionary in Indonesia with her husband and five children. She is such a sweet lady and shares stories about serving the Lord, caring for her husband and children, and working with the Indonesians she and her husband have come to serve. She’s been quite the inspiration and example to me, even though I don’t know her personally.

Jennifer, who blogs at Journey in Foreign Lands, is a first-year seminary student in Boston. She writes about what God’s doing in her life, and her journey as she follows Him in this new phase (she just started seminary). I have learned a lot from her attitude about things and how graciously she seems to have handled all the recent transitions in her life.

I have been blessed by many blogs I’ve read, and these are two in particular that I have really enjoyed lately. You should take a read.

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Edit: It must be the blog awards season or something… because I just got another one, Blogging with a Purpose, from Kaysie. Thank you, Kaysie! I enjoy these because it is fun to give and receive encouragement; sometimes blogging can seem fruitless. So here are a few blogs that I feel write with a purpose:

Ann Kroeker passed on the Share the Love award I mentioned earlier. I think she’s already gotten this award from someone else, but I’m going to duplicate it. I enjoy Ann’s blog because she is committed to the craft of writing well, and she is one of the most diverse bloggers I know… meaning, she writes about such a wide range of topics. She might write about the environment one day, the Huguenots the next, and fun things to do with your kids on the third. But she’s very purposeful even in her randomosity – down-to-earth and uplifting at the same time.

Heather at Especially Heather is a sweet lady who has been through a lot in life. She is currently dealing with brain cancer, as well as health struggles with her youngest child. She is also a wife, and a mother to two other children. She has inspired me so, so, so much with her faith and courage and authenticity.

Daniel at Heart of Flesh is one of the youngest bloggers I know. At seventeen, he’s already becoming quite the authority on Reformed theology, and is really great at engaging controversial issues in culture and Christianity.

I just love Emily’s blog, Unfurling Flower. She is such a sweet-hearted, wise young lady, who shares a lot of the same values that I do. I have learned so much from her, and been encouraged by her writing many times.

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Thanks again, Ann and Kaysie. I really enjoy the opportunity to spread the link love a little – these are great blogs that you all should check out.