Just when you thought it was safe to give up blogging… along comes Granny Dog to nominate you for the Versatile Blogging Award! While it’s been one of those time poor weeks where even the basics of life, like eating and sleeping, jostle for their allotted times – it’s easy to ask, “What can I do without?” A daily commitment to blogging inevitably comes onto the radar. But then again, as a teacher and a pastor, communication is my stock in trade and it deserves at least as much consideration as rest and nourishment. So thanks Granny Dog, for rattling my cage! These are the rules should you be nominated. Of course, whether you decide to abide by the rules is up to you!
- Thank the person who gave you the award.
- Include a link to their blog. Here’s how.
- Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly.
- Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to this site.
- Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.
Seven things about myself that I haven’t made transparent already? Well, here goes:
- I’m third generation Aussie on my mother’s side, fourth on my father’s.
- My father’s people arrived from Cornwall in Moonta, South Australia, in 1853.
- I have lived in South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia.
- I have travelled to Jordan, Israel, Greece and the USA.
- USA states I have visited – California, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia.
- I aspire to travel with my church team to Zimbabwe in 2012 for a fraternal visit to supported churches and relief work and sharing of ideas and skills.
- I would like to travel again to the USA and enhance my training in teaching the Enneagram, a powerful pastoral/spiritual tool that I have been using.
- coobarietwo – my sister is not a habitual blogger, but this is a travel journal climaxing at Kitgum, Uganda, where she and her husband, Des, have just finished working for three weeks in support of an orphanage, hospital and school developed in response to the armed struggle there. So keep blogging, sis, now that you’re home
- bwinwnbwimusic – a thoughtful journey involving one person’s pilgrimage, philosophy and music
- The Holy Irritant – I have great respect for church folk who think outside the box. Holy Irritant is one.
- Kate Shrewsday – I have never come away from Kate’s blog without learning something interesting or simply being won over by her knack for story-telling
- If Darwin Prayed – evolutionary spirituality & the path of Christ. I met Bruce Sanguin earlier this year and have continued to enjoy his reflections.
- A Feather Adrift – a favourite daily read of someone whose daily homespun commentary on things of and beyond US politics keeps me both informed and entertained.
- Love vs.Goliath – the ongoing story of a compelling intercountry marriage that has negotiated Australia’s Kafkaesque immigration regime. Puts a human face on the acerbic refugee debate.
- The Go Between God – thoughtful, incisive essays on local current affairs and discussions from a faith perspective by my colleague and predecessor at Wembley Downs
- allaboutwordswa – a fellow Sandgroper simply blogs about her life in a simple and winsome fashion. A good friendly read.
- So Far From Heaven – from deep in the middle of Texas Hill Country, Old Jules writes his blog with a prose that is deeply musical.
- The Christian Left Blog – while the title may alienate some it attracted me. Its content is more radical (grass-roots) than left, and that suits me fine! Some fine commentary on the OWS movement right now.
- Call To Radical Discipleship – my nephew’s blog. He is innovative,entrepreneurial and compassionate and writes transparently about the projects to which he is summoned.
Well, I’m looking for three more. When I ‘ve found some, I’ll fill in the blanks.
Wondering Pilgrim 
Congrats. It’s lovely to be recognised by your peers 🙂
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Thanks, it is indeed!
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Congratulations and thank you, both in the one sentence. 🙂
“Australia’s Kafkaesque immigration regime” – I like that!
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“Like?” After what you have been through? I know what you mean. 😉
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Congrats, and I have to come here more often. Here are my blogs, http://postadaychallenge2011.com/
http://getreadingnow.wordpress.com/
http://divorceissues.wordpress.com/
http://dailydigestblogchallenge.wordpress.com/
http://thewritershelp.wordpress.com/
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Thank you and … wow, five blogs to maintain! What discipline! I’ve added thewitershelp to my feed…I need all the help I can get.
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Thanks so much for those words, WP, and for your award. I cannot wait for my return to civilisation when I can check out your other recommendations. Thanks!
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Happy travelling through the wilds of the Somerset Levels – looked it up and it seems beautiful country.
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you can call me e Posted on The Simple TruthTruth SerumTruth or ConsequencesHonesty or BustIt actually sonuds like an interesting blog. I wouldn’t mind checking it out when it is up and running!
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I’m grateful to be recognized in the above company by wanderingpilgrim. Thanks; thanks again for the versatile blog nomination and for the words you used to acknowledge my blog. Oh, and by the way, I have always maintained a heart felt affinity for all those who identify with radical (grass-roots) Christian ideas!
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I’m discovering there’s quite a few of us around – we just don’t shout as loud! (well, maybe a bit more loudly lately)
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It looks like you had fun with this! So glad you did and even more glad that you will continue your writing! 😀
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Thanks, Granny Dog – I think you may have kicked off something here.
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Right here is the right webpage for everyone who would like to understand this topic.
You understand so much its almost hard to argue with you (not that
I really would want to…HaHa). You definitely put a fresh spin on a subject
that has been written about for ages. Excellent stuff, just wonderful!
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