With 820 votes cast, the first round of the Said at Southern Blog Madness lived up to its name. After all the hype and 70 comments, it was time for round two. Here is how this round will work:
- You can vote for only one blog in each division.
- I’ve re-ordered each division field based on 1st round votes.
- Next Sunday night, I’ll advance the division winners to the final four.
Choose your vote wisely. I gave no instructions for the first round, so we found out which blog have build a loyal fan base. But it will take more than popularity to make the final four. With the narrow field, please visit the blogs you don’t know and get a feel for their content. This is a very strong field of blogs. In this round I would like voters to consider the following criteria:
- Which blog consistently glorifies Christ with its content? Does the blogger express a transparent love for God?
- Which blog encourages other believers? Does the blogger express a transparent love for others?
Make your case. The comments are open for you to play the pundit. Enthusiastic support (and self-promotion) are welcome. Just be sure to make your case from the criteria above. For example, you might write a post featuring your top 5 posts. Or if you want to support your favorite blogger, you could write a tribute post for them.
Prize for the winner. I am currently planning to give the winning blogger a $50 gift certificate to Westminster Book Store. This was something I’ve earned from them for promoting their bookstore on my children’s ministry blog. This seems like the perfect moment to give it away. It is possible, but I’m not ready to promise, that more prizes will come for the final four qualifiers.
The statistics below are gathered from Google Reader. They don’t reflect feedburner’s feed count, but they do give a ballpark of one’s readership. I’ve tried to note who has feeburner stats that aren’t counted with a ** symbol. Don’t let these stats overwhelm you. Everyone likes to pull for an underdog!
West Division Finals
- Kingdom People (Trevin Wax - S)
Round One Votes: 72
Subscriber Count: 129 + 71 via Feedburner
Posts Per Week: 11.4 - Christ and Pop Culture (Rich Clark editor - S)
Round One Votes: 71
Subscriber Count: 55
Posts Per Week: Not Listed - Elect Exiles (Drew Dixon editor - S)
Round One Votes: 68
Subscriber Count: 6
Posts Per Week: 7.0
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South Division Finals
- Internet Monk (Michael Spenser - A)
Round One Votes: 65
Subscriber Count: 836
Posts Per Week: 7.2 - Power of Change (Reid S. Monaghan - S)
Round One Votes: 49
Subscriber Count: 40
Posts Per Week: 5.2 - The Silent Holocron (Stephen Newell - A)
Round One Votes: 37
Subscriber Count: 6
Posts Per Week: 4.0
Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
East Division Finals
- Provocations & Pantings (Timmy Brister - S)
Round One Votes: 80
Subscriber Count: 214
Posts Per Week: 9.1 - Pastor and People (Dustin Benge - S)
Round One Votes: 74
Subscriber Count: 5**
Posts Per Week: 4.7 - Sunday School Revolutionary (Darryl Wilson - A)
Round One Votes: 52
Subscriber Count: 16**
Posts Per Week: 6.3
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Midwest Division Finals
- Reformissionary (Steve McCoy - A)
Round One Votes: 76
Subscriber Count: 482
Posts Per Week: 4.9 - Diary of a Seminary Student (Terry Delaney - S)
Round One Votes: 66
Subscriber Count: 14
Posts Per Week: 9.3 - Consumed (Owen Strachan - A)
Round One Votes: 65
Subscriber Count: 52
Posts Per Week: 4.9
Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
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Rich Clark 03.23.08 at 7:51 pm
We’re a fairly new site, but nonetheless I think I can come up with five posts that demonstrate that Christ and Pop Culture is really an attempt to serve our fellow believers in thinking through the culture around them in a way that glorifies and honors Christ.
1. The first that comes to mind is actually a series of posts in which I discuss the dangers and benefits of various mediums. Film, television, the internet, video games, etc. are neutral in a sense, but in another sense, they can uniquely captitalize on our own weaknesses or they can often help us to overcome them. It’s all about approaching these mediums with wisdom and sober mindedness. See In Praise of Film, The Dangers of Film, In Praise of Television, and The Dangers of Television.
2. In “How do You Respond When Your Team Loses?” David Dunham was humble enough to share his thoughts after his Ohio State Buckeyes suffered yet another crushing defeat at the BCS championship game.
3. Sometimes people question the various films we watch and praise by quoting verses such as Philippians 4:8. Ben Bartlett took the opportunity for some old fasioned exegesis in What Does Philippians 4:8 Really Mean?
4. Alan Noble challenges the t-shirt/bumper sticker method of evangelism in “Wearing Our Faith.”
5. And then we have a number of podcasts where we provide a sort of example of what it’s like for Christians to take the time to think Christianly about the culture around us. Some more noteworthy examples are Oprah’s Big Podcast, Where is All the Good Christian Art?, and Sniping for Christ (featuring Consumed’s Owen Strachan).
There’s a lot of great blogs here. I’ve discovered and subscribed to a few new feeds as a result of this contest. It’s an honor to be included.
Rich Clark’s last blog post..Reflections For The Holy Weekend
Timmy Brister 03.23.08 at 9:20 pm
Tony,
Not sure explained this already, but will the votes from the first round be added with the second round (IOW, it is cumulative)?
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Because Christ Is Risen, Abound in the Work of the Lord
Tony Kummer 03.23.08 at 10:07 pm
Votes start at ZERO, it’s a whole new season
Brother Hank 03.23.08 at 11:06 pm
Alas, like my fightin’ Texas Aggies, I did not make quite as far as I had hoped in the tourney! But there’s always next year. And I could always transfer to SEBTS and maybe get another year of eligibility…lol.
Brother Hank’s last blog post..John Bunyan on Considerations of the Heart
Rich Clark 03.24.08 at 1:33 am
Tony, I think my first comment got marked as spam because it had some links in it. You can delete this comment. Just letting you know.
Rich Clark’s last blog post..Reflections For The Holy Weekend
Tony Kummer 03.24.08 at 6:12 am
Rich,
I went into that spam filter (entirely a disgusting place) and came back with your comment. Thanks for letting me know.
I have the filter set on strict, we get some serious garbage.
Rich Clark 03.24.08 at 8:09 am
Tony, thanks. Sorry you had to venture into that place. I know how that is.
Rich Clark’s last blog post..Mii Jesus
G. F. McDowell 03.24.08 at 9:57 am
Wax.
Monaghan.
Brister.
Strachan.
Trevin has encouraged me in his tales of reaching the Romanian Village People.
Reid always has something Christ-honoring to say.
Timmy has convicted me through his tales of evangelism at UPS.
Owen, in my estimation, has the highest quality of blogging of the whole bunch. I believe his blog is substantially underappreciated because the average length of his posts is long-ish. Nevertheless, I think if folks will but read his entries and see how they lift up the church and bring glory to Christ, Owen would win the tournament, hands down.
G. F. McDowell’s last blog post..Google Map of Jesus’ last week
G. F. McDowell 03.24.08 at 10:01 am
Interesting, Southern Division round II results seem to be exactly the reverse of Round I, at least so far. I guess I don’t really care who wins that as long as iMonk loses!
G. F. McDowell’s last blog post..Google Map of Jesus’ last week
Tony Kummer 03.24.08 at 10:24 am
I think I could make a case for almost every blog listed. One of the bloggers in the contest suggested this approach: If you had to limit yourself to only one of these blogs in the next year - which would you choose?
I’m not mentioning his name because he went on to tell me he wouldn’t choose his own.
And to give some credit to the eliminated blogs, several of them could have made a longer run if they had a more established readership.
kschaub 03.24.08 at 11:35 am
Tony and all, I will echo G.F.’s comment on Strachan’s blog. When it comes down to a handful of blogs in a tournament format, there are times when a true fans colors show. For example, I am a baseball fan and an Atlanta Braves fan. I would always be happy if the Braves when, but if they don’t, I won’t quit watching games. But more importantly, I know when there are teams better than my beloved Braves.
For those who don’t know me, I’m a contributor at Elect Exiles. Drew and I met in Taiwan while sharing the gospel during a trip our church took to Taichung. Our time sharing the gospel together is really the reason why I thought asking Drew to blog with me would be an edifying and sharpening experience.
But as fond as I am of my blog, of all the SAS blogs I have read, Owen’s is the best. Christ and Pop Culture is the prettiest. Haha, that is why I did a little work to make Elect Exiles prettier last night (jk). Anyway, this has been fun.
kschaub’s last blog post..Christ’s Righteousness, Not Our Own
Rich Clark 03.24.08 at 12:27 pm
kschaub, we’re blushing!
I actually really love Elect Exiles and pretty much agree with all of the sentiments about Owen’s site. Great stuff there.
Rich Clark’s last blog post..Mii Jesus
Timmy Brister 03.24.08 at 12:39 pm
Owen? Owen who?
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Blue Collar Theology 23: A New Kind of Accountability
Joseph Gould 03.24.08 at 1:14 pm
Y’all are all way too much into this “March Blog Madness” thing.
My vote is for Elect Exiles as “the best blog whose contributors are not editors for S@S”. Not that there is anything wrong with being an editor at S@S (I consider both Timmy and Owen friends and I enjoy both their blogs), but with a Westminster gift certificate on the line, my vote is for the Exiles.
Joseph Gould’s last blog post..A Poem for Easter
Stephen Newell 03.24.08 at 2:32 pm
I am humbled with praise to God that my little corner of the blogosphere even got this far. I had no idea that more people read my online newsprint. Many thanks to all of you who voted for The Silent Holocron.
To thank you for your patronage, I will be starting a series this week (hopefully to be done weekly) which I will call “Beliefbusters.” It’s intended as a “Mythbusters,” theology-style. I will research popular beliefs and post on them, and I will also solicit pop theology from readers that need to be addressed. Our first “belief-myth” will be the myth that Lucifer is Satan.
Any of these blogs, one on one, would be well worth your reading time. Thanks for considering mine one of them!
Stephen Newell’s last blog post..Important Puritan Reading Challenge Update!
Reid 03.24.08 at 4:30 pm
I love Owen’s longish writings as well. He is a fine young thinker, I just wish he would show his hip hop side on his blog more. He did call my blog “punchy” once - I really don’t know what that means - I think it was an apologetic to stuffy people for recommending my blog.
Trevin told me about this madness last week…you guys are funny…Brister, you will have a day job soon.
Just so we know, actual pageviews on a blog really matter and if the iMonk ever posted a “go vote for me” - it would just be over…kind of like Arkansas playing the Tarheels.
Thanks for your kindness G.F. McDowell.
Reid
UNC Wrestling/Physics 96
Terry Delaney 03.24.08 at 4:47 pm
No love for the rookie in the comment log. I am truly humbled to have even made it out of the first round and figure that my lead is over Owen’s blog is extremely short-lived.
Regardless, I hope to at least represent the new class of bloggers at SBTS with a good showing in the second round.
Terry Delaney’s last blog post..Learning on the Lord’s Day
Trevin Wax 03.24.08 at 6:07 pm
Wow… it’s an honor to be included in this list of Top 12 SBTS-affiliated bloggers.
The competition is stiff!
Thanks to whoever voted for me and got me to this round.
Trevin Wax’s last blog post..After the Baby Boomers: Preface
Stephen Newell 03.24.08 at 7:27 pm
Trevin, what exactly are we? The…
Top-notch Twelve?
Terrific Twelve?
Tantalizing Twelve?
Thunderous Twelve?
Transcendent Twelve?
Titanic Twelve?
Towering Twelve?
Tremendous Twelve? Maybe not, that’s a breakfast dish at Perkins’. I’ll hush now.
Stephen Newell’s last blog post..New Blog Feature: ?Beliefbusters?
Darryl Wilson 03.24.08 at 8:05 pm
Honestly, I am honored to have had my blog, The Sunday School Revolutionary, chosen to be in the tournament. I am thankful for the additional exposure, and I am enjoying the fun element it has added. I never expected to make it to the Division finals!
Tony, thanks for your site and your tireless work to keep the site updated. I don’t know how you do it because there are so many blogs included!
Tony Kummer 03.24.08 at 9:34 pm
Round 2 is off to a strong start. No one is out of range yet, Owen has been heralded as blogging prophet and Timmy has survived my treachery (I love underdogs).
The number 12 worked out without too much contemplation, but we can consider it typological if you like.
I will say I like Terry’s blog. His approach is straight forward and very compelling. If we did a word count, he would definitely be final four!
Longish - Is that like saying, “Bless his heart“
Drew Dixon 03.24.08 at 10:04 pm
Hey I thought I should join this discussion, since my blog has been mentioned.
Joseph, thanks for the encouraging comments on our blog. I know my posts are really really long-ish, so for those of you who have waded through one of my entire blog posts–thanks and I hope I didn’t bore you to death!
Our blog is fairly new, we have been around for about 6 months–two of which Kevin and I took different months off to get engaged!
I would echo everyone’s comments on Owen’s blog–though I am a little biased because Owen has been a great friend to me.
This Blog Madness stuff has challenged me to read more of what Southern guys are putting out on the blogosphere–there is really some great stuff out there, bravo guys!
Drew Dixon’s last blog post..How Should Our Churches be Led? 2/3
Timmy Brister 03.25.08 at 4:51 pm
Good grief. I’m getting killed. Is there any award for most badly beaten?
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Witnessing at Work: Sacred vs. Secular?
Reid 03.25.08 at 5:07 pm
You can always post “go vote for me” to your blog…look at what it did for the Reformissionary’s numbers today!
Let’s see - we could call it the “2008 Duke” award.
Drew Dixon 03.25.08 at 5:15 pm
We are shameless–I we did the “go vote for me thing” and it didn’t really help our numbers!
There is, however, plenty of time left Timmy–just think of some really great provocations and you will be good.
Drew Dixon’s last blog post..Christ’s Righteousness, Not Our Own, Pt. 2
Reid 03.25.08 at 5:37 pm
Drew - not a thing wrong with that…Steve’s logic of “hey this is for 50 dollars worth of books” is pretty interesting.
Tony Kummer 03.25.08 at 6:41 pm
The polls are really heating up tonight. It looks like the competition has finally brought Timmy out from his 9th inning mode. Check out the special banner he has placed on his blog!
Watch out for McCoy, he’s already picked out the books.
Several have asked, and I AM MONITORING FOR CHEATERS. So, don’t be obvious or I’ll drop your votes to ZERO or below.
Terry Delaney 03.25.08 at 9:05 pm
The grassroots effort is underway! Goliath is going down.
Terry Delaney’s last blog post..David and Goliath–Said Style
Dennis Morgan 03.25.08 at 9:22 pm
Go Grassroots! (Does David being a shepherd have anything to do with this? Sheep…grass…?)
The man Terry Delaney of age and wonderful family has deemed himself worthy of such a contest. His bountiful surplus of blogging excellence supercedes those of youth and vigor. Wisdom displays itself in humilty and honesty.
May all who read his blog be blessed by it.
John Brewer 03.25.08 at 9:33 pm
Do you really need more books?????
Tony Kummer 03.25.08 at 10:05 pm
Update: I’ve went in to audit the results and had to make some changes. It didn’t affect the front runners, except that some who were closing the gap lost ground.
I’ve also added some safeguards to the poll to limit unlimited voting.
And yes, Reformissionary has really sent that much traffic to blow out his division. Hang in there Terry!
Timmy Brister 03.25.08 at 10:06 pm
Um, well my wife will tell you no, especially since I am currently boxing them up in preparations to move. But . . .
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Provoke the Vote 2008: ?Yes We Can!?
Terry Delaney 03.25.08 at 10:12 pm
How can I hang in there when I am the one losing ground? I would say that greatly affects the front runners albeit in a positive way. Dang it! Oh well, I guess I am going to have take up that idea of selling my class notes for votes now! LOL!
Terry Delaney’s last blog post..Holding the Door for Controversy
Darryl Wilson 03.25.08 at 10:15 pm
You guys are a funny bunch!
Personally I am planning to offer pastors all over the state Sunday School training conferences and consultations for votes. I figure it will be a win-win situation.
Tony Kummer 03.25.08 at 10:22 pm
Darryl - Now that Brister is hitting the blogger’s HGH you better offer those conferences in TN, IN, OH and KY.
Terry - I hated to edit your stuff, but there was no way around it.
Timmy - I’ve seen your apartment and your books are a little out of control. How are you going to get all that stuff to Florida in your little car?
Terry Delaney 03.25.08 at 10:30 pm
No biggy–I was just wondering what happened with losing 20 votes all of a sudden right when I was mounting my comeback!
Maybe I ought to write about Job and voting next time
Terry Delaney’s last blog post..Holding the Door for Controversy
G. F. McDowell 03.26.08 at 12:39 am
To Tony re: Timmy’s books,
You’re talking to UPS man there. Surely he can find a way, as a last resort, even “borrowing” one of those big brown vans to get his books to FLA.
In all seriousness, I am a big fan of USPS Media Mail to ship my library across the country. (I wish I was eligible for the Library rate) I’ve done it twice now, and twice it has saved me from having to resort to U-Haul. It’s cheaper than you’d think, and they will deliver right to your door!
G. F. McDowell’s last blog post..Obama: Cult of Personality?
Matthew Wireman 03.26.08 at 8:35 am
I can see a huge clash coming between P&P and Reformissionary…It’s going to get ugly. Look at those votes cast!!
Matthew Wireman’s last blog post..?Dividing Mere Academy and Spiritual Capitation
Reid 03.26.08 at 8:51 am
Yeah, those two are begging for votes on their blogs…I believe Stephen just played the DEAF card as well. Fierce competitors.
Tony Kummer 03.26.08 at 8:55 am
It don’t think it’s a coincidence that Timmy has started adding team members to P&P at just the same point this tournament was launched!
The Holocron is pulling out all his weapons, I fear this challenge might push him over to the DARK SIDE.
Reid 03.26.08 at 8:59 am
OK, I am going to post this thing
Matthew Wireman 03.26.08 at 9:52 am
Tim, Are you going to divvy this gift card up with me since I am now a contributor? If you don’t, the whole blogosphere will know what kind of man you are!
Matthew Wireman’s last blog post..Gospeling at Work (1 of 2)
Stephen Newell 03.26.08 at 10:49 am
Come on, now. We all know that silence is golden.
Stephen Newell’s last blog post..Blog Madness, Round 2: ?DEAF CAN!!?
Timmy Brister 03.26.08 at 1:23 pm
Matt,
Well, I haven’t thought about what I would do with the gift card thing because I do want to be presumptuous and all (wink to Mr. McKoi).
I thought about buying copies of Trouble with TULIP and giving a copy to you, Owen, and Jason, autographed by Mr. Page himself.
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Band of Bloggers Registration Closes in One Week!
Timmy Brister 03.26.08 at 1:27 pm
Tony,
Don’t ask me to tell you about when we moved to Louisville from Alabama. The first day here was my worst day, just put it that way.
We are packing the stuff, but someone is driving (thank God!).
Oh and about the team members, don’t be stirring up controversy Mr. Mischief. I have been added one a month since January, so your scheming does not comport, sir.
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Band of Bloggers Registration Closes in One Week!
Terry Delaney 03.26.08 at 1:59 pm
Y’all counting me out already? Thanks for the vote of confidence!
Terry Delaney’s last blog post..Holding the Door for Controversy
Steve McCoy 03.26.08 at 5:57 pm
Stop the sniper fire, Brister, A vote for me is a vote for change. Reformissionary is change you can believe in.
Steve McCoy’s last blog post..VOTE NOW!!!
kschaub 03.26.08 at 7:02 pm
Ouch, we are getting beat . . . down.
Folks, I did not know where else to tell you about this, so I thought I would try it here . . . to let you know. We are hosted a Church History Quiz contest, complete with a prize (possibly three if there is heavy turn-out). Anyway, I thought you would have fun with that.
FYI, I may have to disqualify a few of you historians . . . just to keep it fair!
Kevin
kschaub’s last blog post..Church History Quiz, Pt. 1 (Prizes?!)
Timmy Brister 03.26.08 at 7:54 pm
Mr. McKoi,
Sniper fire? Only Hillary knows about that!
I do know about Olan Mill’s pictures though. My research team is working hard to gather all the pertinent information to launch skuds in the final round.
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..A Christian Education and Witnessing at Work
Drew Dixon 03.26.08 at 7:55 pm
Trevin must have sent out an email to the entire nation of Romania! We are getting skunked!
Drew Dixon’s last blog post..Church History Quiz, Pt. 1 (Prizes?!)
Steve McCoy 03.26.08 at 9:55 pm
Confidence.
Steve McCoy’s last blog post..VOTE NOW!!!
kschaub 03.26.08 at 10:14 pm
Wow, we have actually gotten some votes today . . . I hope they’re all legit.
kschaub’s last blog post..Church History Quiz, Pt. 1 (Prizes?!)
Kris 03.27.08 at 6:32 am
I voted for McCoy because he is the ‘typical’ reformed blogger my ‘un-typical grandmother never new about.
Reid 03.27.08 at 10:28 am
OK men, did you see that Dr. McCoy has already spent the prize money! His numbers are strong in the Sweet 12 - but he still has the final four. Wow…hubris. I would humbly like to take him down if I get the chance. A humble man only talks junk after his victory is complete.
Steve McCoy 03.27.08 at 11:48 am
LOL! The comment didn’t post immediately for me (I get some weird error message when I try to comment here). So I figured it didn’t take. Nice to see it did.
By the way, I tried to fill my cart at Westminster with Left Behind books for the screencap, but they wisely don’t carry any.
Terry Delaney 03.27.08 at 12:04 pm
I think as brothers in Christ, everyone should vote for the Diary to keep Brother McCoy from his idolatry. Call it intervention or whatever you want, but we need to keep him from his sin!
Terry Delaney’s last blog post..The Dentist Take 3
Joe Thorn 03.27.08 at 2:40 pm
Reid, the humble never talk smack - especially after they have won. But talking smack during a game is humorous, not hubris. In Steve’s case I think it’s humorous false hubris.
Having said that, I’m voting for anyone besides Steve. He’s my best friend and all, but any time he fails I look better. At least to myself. And that’s what matter most. My own self-conception.
Joe Thorn’s last blog post..The Full Paradigm
Joe Thorn 03.27.08 at 2:49 pm
In fact, 1/2 of Terry’s votes are mine.
Joe Thorn’s last blog post..The Full Paradigm
Steve McCoy 03.27.08 at 2:52 pm
Joe, 1/2 of Terry’s votes are mine too!
Timmy Brister 03.27.08 at 3:59 pm
Joe and Steve: you can’t have one without the other.
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Gospeling at Work, Part 2
Timmy Brister 03.27.08 at 4:07 pm
C’mon Steve! When are you going to write another blogpost? You can’t keep your shameless advertisement on the top of your blog all week long. Surely there are some esoteric YouTube videos of indie bands out there begging for your attention and services!
Oh, and there is a Tim Keller interview recently done by Matt Perry. That would look good on the top of your blog as well.
And did you hear about what Roger Moran said about A29? Ooooh, I bet there’s a ton of people waiting to hear from you on your lastest installment of “Things I Hate About Us.”
Blog, sir - puhlease.
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Gospeling at Work, Part 2
Darryl Wilson 03.27.08 at 4:13 pm
You guys are keeping me smiling. Keep it up!
One thing I do know: the 3 Midwest bloggers must have more money for votes than the rest of us as their total vote count would indicate (more than 100 more than any other region).
Personally, I am successfully holding down last place. Don’t anyone dare make a move toward my position!
Terry Delaney 03.27.08 at 4:47 pm
Y’all are ruthless! Auctioning off my votes already! Whoever will buy me a book with their winnings will win my votes and support. I will even post about the greatness of your blog and how I am going to vote for it and on and on and on–that is if I don’t make my comeback. I am still hoping for a voting of the 5,000 or some miracle like that.
Terry Delaney’s last blog post..Integrity in Life and Integrity in Ministry
kschaub 03.27.08 at 9:16 pm
If I reiterate an offer of a prize for the winner of our Church History Quiz contest, will people vote for us?
Probably not.
Oh well . . . if you want to win a book, give our quiz a shot. Some have found it tough.
By the way, Tony . . . is Said at Southeastern being actively run?
kschaub’s last blog post..Church History Quiz, Pt. 2
Tony Kummer 03.27.08 at 10:28 pm
I should have hired some referees for this round, Timmy may have just drawn a technical foul.
kschaub - I turned Said at Southeastern over to a student who also works on campus there. I’m not sure what they’re doing.
kschaub 03.27.08 at 10:32 pm
Oh yeah, Timmy deserves technical fouls nearly as much as Reformissionary. Remember, in the NBA, 16 technical fouls results in a one game suspension. That could be critical for Timmy!
Tony, I tried contacting Said At Southeastern on Monday . . . maybe they just don’t work as actively as S@S!
kschaub’s last blog post..Church History Quiz, Pt. 2
Timmy Brister 03.28.08 at 4:29 am
Tony,
What’s up with this technical foul bizniss? You cry foul and then make up the rulz? Methinks you are just trying to create controversy. Go ahead and let it be known that you did not vote for me (I saw Tony’s votes with my own eyes).
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Churches, Affirm the Importance of Work and Mission
schaubk 03.28.08 at 8:36 am
Oh, did you?! The polls have been tainted . . . news headlines read: Brister Tampered w/Polls to Get Votes.
I can see it now:
Page comments, “we had such great hopes he would drop his quick and dirty ways and join us in full force.”
“Ascol’s church laments hiring Brister,” a source close to the investigation says . . .
Haha . . .
schaubk’s last blog post..Church History Quiz, Pt. 2
schaubk 03.28.08 at 8:37 am
And the rumors begin . . .
schaubk’s last blog post..Church History Quiz, Pt. 2
Terry Delaney 03.28.08 at 9:30 am
I see the politics are beginning to get real dirty. Speaking of which, my votes are for sale in the final round!
Terry Delaney’s last blog post..A Day with No Toys
kschaub 03.28.08 at 10:07 am
Do I have dyslexia . . . kschaub, schaubk?
I suppose I should say that my above comments #s 73 and 74 were in jest since you guys only know me via the blogosphere.
kschaub’s last blog post..Church History Quiz, Pt. 2
Stephen Newell 03.28.08 at 4:58 pm
Of course, we learned, belatedly, what really happened…
The evil Sith Lords stole the votes for me to feed their greed and arrogance.
Stephen Newell’s last blog post..Weekend Wonderings: Links, No Eggs
Owen Strachan 03.28.08 at 6:28 pm
What a great idea, Tony and Timmy. Seems like this is really creating some virtual community, getting people to discover one another and all that. I’m sure folks are reading blogs they’d never checked before. Great idea.
Those who have commented on my insignificant blog have been most kind. Honestly, I really appreciate your words, and they encouraged me. They motivated me in my ministry to my mother, my best friend, and the four random google searchers looking for corn-dog recipes who end up on my blog each day.
Joking aside, thanks for the encouragement.
All this gratitude and fluffery is soon to be for naught, however, as I prepare to put my glass slippers in the closet. Thanks for letting me into the second round, Tony–the check’s in the mail. What I want to know is this: who will be the first top seed to go? Or to put it another way, if a Provocations & Pantings falls in the forest, does anyone yet read it?
Owen Strachan’s last blog post..The Week-est Link, March 28. 2008: Blogging Tournaments, Disney World, Blog Gems, and Violence
Drew Dixon 03.28.08 at 6:52 pm
Hey I thought I would mention, since we are a relatively new blog, that I posted something of a ‘best of elect exiles’ today. So if you want to get an idea of what we have been throwin down on the blogosphere, check it out!
This has been fun, I have enjoyed checking out many of your blogs, thanks for dropping by ours!
Owen–I love your corn dog recipes!
Drew Dixon’s last blog post..Nearly 6 Months of Blogging!
Reid 03.28.08 at 9:54 pm
Owen - you are a class act brother. If P&P falls in the forest - God will yet still read it (more like fully know its contents from eternity)
Timmy Brister 03.28.08 at 10:25 pm
Well,
If you ask me, I would wonder when we ever first made it out of the woods. Of course, having Owen as a contributor is part of that job (no pressure Owen).
But seriously, a lot of us are getting together for this year’s band of bloggers which is coming up in about two weeks. Right now, there are about 105 coming from across the country and UK. It would be a great time for many of us to meet and hang out for a couple of hours (plus, I’ve got some free stuff scheduled to give away to everyone who attends (I’m an equal opportunity donor) that will exceed whatever prize you might win in Tony’s wide world of blog dominion.
Registration closes Monday, and there is room still available, so if you would like to come, be sure to sign up ASAP.
Timmy Brister’s last blog post..Of Princes and Prisoners: Reverend Wright, Retirement, and Real Christianity
Tony Kummer 03.30.08 at 9:21 pm
Final Four is up and running.