I first started my blog in 2004. It was messy in the beginning. 2005 through 2013 were the happiest days of my blogging life. During that period Google provided the Google Reader. With that tool I could easily manage my blog subscriptions and follow whom and what I wanted to read. Since 2013 I have practically abandoned traditional blogging. I have pretty much transitioned to using WordPress as a Content Management System. Blogs have made a comeback for me recently with new alternatives to the Google Reader.
A good Blogger is a good Blog reader. Before you write you should read – a lot. Thanks to feedly there is again a convenient tool to manage your subscriptions. Now I am free to subscribe to things and persons that matter to me. Don’t get me wrong I appreciate what friends, colleagues and acquaintances share on Facebook or twitter but in my feedly I am in the driver seat and make my own decision on what I want to read.
Now how do you find stuff that interests you? – I am a theologian so I am looking for theological blogs.
Start with what you already read and know:
My church – New Sacred – A United Church of Christ blog
My school – The Houston Graduate School of Theology Blog
A trusted major online publication – The Religion Section of the Huffington Post
Second, find best-of-lists or directories that showcase expertise in your field. An initial search gave me:
Feedspot’s Top 100 Christian Blogs
and
blogrank’s Top 50 Religion blogs
Third, add blogs of people you know and want to follow like this one.
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