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October 11, 7:45 PMChristian Literature ExaminerHollee J. Chadwick

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Blogs—or web logs for anyone who has been living under a rock—are everywhere. OK, they aren’t everywhere in the true sense of the word—they are all over the internet—and everybody and his brother has one.

Are blogs literature? Let’s go to the Webster’s definition of literature:

1archaic : literary culture (Blogs are considered a part of our culture)

2: the production of literary work especially as an occupation (Some of us make our living blogging—not a great living—but a living nonetheless.)

3 a (1): writings in prose or verse ; especially : writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest (2): an example of such writings <what came out, though rarely literature, was always a roaring good story — People> b: the body of written works produced in a particular language, country, or age c: the body of writings on a particular subject <scientific literature> d: printed matter (as leaflets or circulars) <campaign literature>4: the aggregate of a usually specified type of musical compositions (Well some of these apply, although I wouldn’t say all blogs have excellence or form of expression)

Now that I have established that if we stretch a bit, we can include blogs in literature . . . I said . . . or typed . . . all that to say this: As your Christian Literature Examiner, I wanted to clue you in to a few Christian publishers who have fairly good blogs, or links to blogs by their bestselling authors (just click on the authors’ name):

http://zondervan.typepad.com/zondervan/

http://blogs.thomasnelson.com/TheNelsonBuzz.do

http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/ConsumerAuthor.asp

http://www.guidepostsmag.com/guideposts-bloggers/

http://strang.com/moveup/

http://www.tyndale.com/articles/blog/

http://bridgelogos.blogspot.com/