{"id":1003,"date":"2008-07-09T00:05:39","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T04:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2008-07-07T22:38:28","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T02:38:28","slug":"another-blog-on-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/1003","title":{"rendered":"Another blog on blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every once is a while someone asks how I manage to post a blog entry every day. My canned response is, \u201cI try to have a thought every day, then, I write it down.\u201d Blogging is a good exercise for aspiring writers who strive to live into the axioms, \u201cA writer writes,\u201d and, \u201cthe only way to learn to write is to write.\u201d For those of us not born with the gift for words, writing is a learned craft, and, like any craft, you just have to observe the discipline of daily practice if you want to get good at it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So, here\u2019s another blog on why blogging is good for you, and, therefore, you should do it too. Jessica Wapner, in \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciam.com\/article.cfm?id=the-healthy-type\">Blogging: It\u2019s Good for You<\/a>\u201d (<em>Scientific American <\/em>May 2008) wrote: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off. Scientists (and writers) have long known about the therapeutic benefits of writing about personal experiences, thoughts and feelings. But besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery. A study in the February issue of the Oncologist reports that cancer patients who engaged in expressive writing just before treatment felt markedly better, mentally and physically, as compared with patients who did not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read the rest of her article by clicking on the link. <\/p>\n<p>For an article on pastors and blogging read &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchsolutionsmag.com\/articles\/pastor-church-blog-site-website-blogging.html\">Pastors Blog to Stay Connected<\/a>&#8221; at the Church Solutions website.  <\/p>\n<p>So, what are you waiting for? Start blogging! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galindoconsultants.com\"><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/galindobanner5.jpg' alt='galindoconsultants.com' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every once is a while someone asks how I manage to post a blog entry every day. My canned response is, \u201cI try to have a thought every day, then, I write it down.\u201d Blogging is a good exercise for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/1003\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,27,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development-theory","category-personal-growth","category-technology-and-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}