"Blog" is an abbreviation for "weblog," an increasing popular electronic form of journaling. Blogs generally include more personal reflection than is customary in a news or feature article.

We invite you to follow the ponderings, musings, and reflections of the DisciplesWorld editors as they bring news, mission, and opinion to print. 

DisciplesWorld blogs:

Between the Lines - A new blog from DisciplesWorld editors Verity A. Jones and Sherri Wood Emmons. Find out what's happening behind the scenes with DisciplesWorld, converse with editors and share ideas. 

News Muse - Musings from Rebecca Bowman Woods, news and website editor of DisciplesWorld magazine, and guest bloggers. Features include Social Monday (on social media and technology) and updates on news, religion, culture, technology, politics, and other things of interest.

Other blogs:

NEW! [d]mergent, a blog maintained by Ryan Kemp-Pappan and Wes Jamison, Disciples pastors and media-makers. The blog features news and opinion from a number of Disciples and feeds from several religion news sources. 

New West Adventures is a blog by Erin Wathen, pastor of Foothills Christian Church in Glendale, Arizona.

Sharla Hulsey, pastor of First Christian Church in Sac Cit, Iowa, is always on the lookout for GodSightings. 

Professor Larry Merkle, a Disciple in Dayton, Ohio, is a Man of Many Interests. 

David Waggoner's Extreme Thinkover blog is a forum for thinkers, dreamers, thought experimenters, to test life, issues, consequences intended and unintended. Scratch through assumptions. Reframe the obvious. Iconoclasm applied, misapplied and laughed at.

Thoughts on Faith is a blog by Michael Doerr, pastor of Mt. Healthy Christian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Chalice Companions is a blog by Pastor Bob Dees of Baytown, Texas, and "a place to share our journey into spiritual health."

Audrey Borschel, Disciples pastor and author of Preaching Prophetically When the News Disturbs (Chalice Press) is also a blogger. Read more from Audrey here. 

The Mustard Seed is pastor Paul Simrell's blog. He's the pastor at Elpis Christian Church in Maidens, Va. 

The Prophet Joel is a blog by Joel Walkley. Joel is finishing seminary preparation for his M.Div. degree in California, and is preparing for ordination in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

First Christian Church of Minneapolis puts church news and happenings on its blog. Plus, a nice photo of its fair city. 

Maria Tafoya is pastor of a multicultural, open and affirming congregation in southern California. Her blog is called Jubilee. "Living into our Jubilee, our focus is on doing a new thing," she writes. 

Unexpected Emergence is maintained by Emily Bowen and Phil Snider. Their blog "looks at the ways emerging worship and the emergent church are good news for progressive communities of faith." Look for their book by the same name from Pilgrim Press in 2010. 

Nathan J. Hill, minister of church life at East Dallas Christian Church, maintains the church's blog. Join the conversation there!

Wind in the Sails is where Jerry Johns shares his thoughts. Jerry is pastor of Providence Christian Church in Nicholasville, Ky.

World Convention brings together Christians with ties to the Stone-Campbell movement worldwide. Based in Nashville, Tenn., they also have a blog. 

Bread and Chalice is a blog by Charlie Cochran, a Disciples of Christ pastor in Augusta, Ga. 

El Blog para la discusion Biblica, Social y Teologica (en español). By Samuel Paunetto, an Indiana Disciples pastor. 

Disciples pastor and musician Michael Carlson blogs from the perspective of an aging Gen-Xer approaching his 40th birthday. Check out The Ageing Xperience. 

With My Face to the Rising Sun, the Diary of a Mad God Woman.

Mental Health and God, a blog maintained by Brian D. Morse, a Disciples hospital chaplain. Brian also has a blog called Social Gospel.

Wilshire Christian Church, a historic congregation in Los Angeles, now has a blog. Check it out.

God Help Us...Thoughts on Life and Living is the blog of Ayanna Johnson, Chicago new church pastor, social worker, and Disciples vice moderator through the 2009 General Assembly. 

Serendipity Soiree is the blog of Lara Blackwood Pickrel, minister to youth at First Christian Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Two blogs from the staff at National City Christian Church in Washington, D.C. A Gentle Reminder is written by Stephen Gentle, senior minister, and Something Moore is the blog of Steven Moore, the congregation's associate pastor of stewardship.

A Tale Worth Telling is a blog about culture and crossing cultures. It's maintained by Nancy Molin Longatan, a long-term volunteer with Global Ministries, now serving in the Philippines.

Salt for the Spirit is April McClure's blog. April is a Disciples pastor in Rock Falls, Ill.

Bill McConnell,pastor of Legacy Christian Church in Harrison, Ohio, and author of Renew Your Congregation: Healing the Sick, Raising the Dead, shares his insights on Christian life, church, transformation, and anything else that strikes his fancy.

Creative Disciples Worship, a blog maintained by Illinois pastor Linda Hunsaker on the topic of Disciples worship - traditional, contemporary, emergent, and beyond.  

Listen to podcasts of sermons by Andy Mangum, senior minister at First Christian Church in Arlington, Texas, on the church's podcasting blog.

Keith McAllilley, pastor of Bridgeport Christian Church in Frankfort, Kentucky has a new blog: Blogging from Bridgeport. Keith begins at the beginning, sharing his thoughts on Genesis 1.  

Tanya J. Tyler is a DisciplesWorld contributor, a Kentucky pastor and Lexington Theological Seminary graduate, an employee of the Lexington Herald-Leader, and best of all, a mom. Read her blog, Punchbuggy, on BluegrassMoms.com.

John Park Winkler is a Disciples of Christ pastor doing interim work. He blogs at Ponderings.

Thoughts on God...and other stuff is Kory Wilcoxson's blog. Kory's the pastor of Community Christian Church in Lincolnshire, Ill.

CAPtions, from Tim Diebel, pastor of First Christian Church in Des Moines, Iowa.

Open Hearts - Affirming Pages, a blog maintained by Disciples pastor Steve Kindle.

Sharing the Practice blog, edited by Disciples pastor and newspaper columnist Bob Cornwall (who also writes the Ponderings on a Faith Journey blog). Sharing the Practice is affiliated with the Academy of Parish Clergy.

Here You Go! Thoughts from Greg Howell, a Disciples pastor writing about theology, church issues and life.

Tulsa, Amy Stuart's Taylor's Welcoming Children Blog. Amy is a writer, wife and mother of twins with a passion for welcoming children in the church.

Christian Piatt's Blog — A blog by columnist and author Christian Piatt, music minister of Milagro Christian Church in Pueblo, Colo.

DisciplesX — Nathan J. Hill's blogsite and resource. "A spot for digital disciples to dialogue."

2nd Cup of Coffee — Poured by Linda C., an Indiana writer.

Notes from My Knapsack — meditations, meanderings, and press clips from Jeff Gill, a supply preacher and freelance writer in Granville, Ohio.

Any Day a Beautiful Change — "Brush your teeth, breathe deeply, and teach peace," writes Katherine E. Willis Pershey, a Disciples pastor in Torrance, Calif.

Big Round Window — First Christian Church, Wheeling, W.Va.

Oscar the Pastor — The theological thoughts and musings of GenX Disciples of Christ pastor who lives in Minneapolis, Minn.

Nathan Day Wilson's blog - Writings by Disciples pastor Nathan Day Wilson, serving a Disciples congregation in Shelbyville, Indiana.

Ponderings on a Faith Journey — Blog by Bob Cornwall, pastor of a Central Woodward Christian Church in Troy, Michigan. He is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary (M.Div./Ph.D.) and Northwest Christian College.

Meanderings — Weblog by Mickey Anders, pastor of South Elkhorn Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky. Blog includes links to his sermon archive and his columns in the local newspaper.

Davison's Doodle - Multi-category weblog by Disciples of Christ minister Michael Davison of Virginia. He describes his blog as "a place for disciples to discuss, debate, and move ideas forward to help our 'frontier' movement and common humanity."

Field of Dandelions — Personal, insightful musings by Danny Bradfield, pastor of a Bixby Knolls Christian Church in Long Beach, Calif.

Got a weblog you want us to know about? Email us: news@disciplesworld.com.