27 November, 2003 10:21 AM
Today is the anniversary of my first post at the Living Room blog.
My first words were 'The Living Room lives!'
Since that time I've posted 795 reflections and had 3106 comments.
Posts have covered everything from Living Room Developments to the War in Iraq to the Moon Walk being a fake to Beer to our overseas trip to ancient forms of prayer likeExamen and Lectio to my visit to a local Mosque to Blog Stats to stories about exclusion in church to Underbloggers to Mudcake Spirituality to Fart and Toilet humor to Models of Holistic Spirituality to Blog Tips to Emerging Church to blog crushes to a virtual tour of Melbourne.
In that time I've also start a second blog on Digital Photography and have begun planning a third - stay tuned for more info.
For some reason despite the variety in my posting readership has steadily climbed (and recently ballooned) over the past 12 months. I'm really enjoying the process of 'meeting' more people. I feel like I've gotten to know a number of those who come here really well lately and value the friendships that are emerging. Thank you to everyone who stops by here from time to time - I value the time you take to take a peek at my world and love the way we are able to interact with one another in this format.
Blogging for me is many things. It started off as an outlet for me to think out loud about my hopes and dreams for the birthing of a little community of faith. Since then it has become many other things. It is a hobby, its a way of connecting with others on similar journeys, it is a way of learning about the world I live in, it has been a spiritual discipline, it gives me a place to get feedback on my ideas, it is a creative outlet, it is a record keeping devise for ideas and experiences and it has been a way to keep my supporters informed of what's happening for me.
It has been a fun 12 months - I'm looking forward to reaching 24!
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we're twins - happy blog day brother!
Darren Rowse » 27 November, 2003 12:32 PM
Mine was yesterday... the 26th! :) Neat.
TravisM » 27 November, 2003 12:58 PM
May you have many more happy blogdays.
Darryl » 27 November, 2003 1:55 PM
Happy Blogday!
jax » 27 November, 2003 5:32 PM
Happy blog birthday, Darren! I'm enjoying your blog... may there be many more birthdays to come!
irene » 27 November, 2003 7:30 PM
Happy Blogday, Living Room!
Shalom,
Jan
Jan » 27 November, 2003 7:54 PM
Greetings from South Wales too matey -- keep it up!
Richard Hall » 27 November, 2003 7:56 PM
Happy Blogday from England, Darren!
Graham » 27 November, 2003 8:48 PM
And big blogday greetings from a croweater to a mexican brother! Gosh Darren - first I start drinking your beer, then I start reading your blogs, pretty soon I'll find myself defecting to yonder over the border :-)
Happy blog day too Karl - I enjoy your blog as well.
saint » 27 November, 2003 11:49 PM
Congratulations Darren. I'm really glad that we connected. Your blog is a wonderful community. Looking forward to continuing on the journey together.
Peace,
Karen
Karen Haluza » 28 November, 2003 3:24 AM
way to go - you are GLOBAL.... and the NO 1 DARRREN on google - happy birthday!
jonny » 28 November, 2003 4:04 AM
Well done Darren.
The dullest blog in the world is a year old today too.
Dave » 28 November, 2003 4:10 AM
Happy blogday buddy. I hope embodied time with R & R goes really well. Wish we were there too...
Paul » 28 November, 2003 5:55 AM
Way to go, Darren. Remember, if it weren't for the fact that you're a "Muslim lover", I never would have found you!
Jon Reid » 28 November, 2003 7:06 AM
Happy blog birthday Darren :)
alice » 28 November, 2003 8:57 AM
BlogDay greetings from all over the blogosphere, which is pretty much all over the world.:^)
That is very cool, and I must add mine from one of the frozen chosen in Canada...Happy Blogday D!
Bene Diction » 28 November, 2003 10:52 AM
Congrats! Today is my Blog Day too!
Karl Thienes » 27 November, 2003 12:29 PM