Where Have All the Good Blogs Gone?
I have said before that I do not get around blogdom much, so I am always surprised (though I ought not be) and disappointed to see that so many good blogs have stopped operating…both officially closed or have not posted in months or more and seem to be kaput. A few that come to mind include Southern Appeal, Catholic Rage Monkey (I’m not sure that this title will ever be outdone), Ad Limina Apostolorum (run by a Blosser brother and former school mate of mine) and Angry Twins (Andrew officially retired a couple of years ago, Arthur seems to have done so earlier this year).
It is not surprising though. At some point it begins to begin to feel like a burden and one begins to wonder if it is of any real benefit to anyone. We have reached that point at times ourselves. Any way, I was thinking that it would be interesting to compile a list of good blogs from St. Blogs that have ceased operating in the last couple of years that you wish would not have. If there is enough of a response then perhaps we could vote for our favorite defunct Catholic blog?
Please leave your inputs in the combox and we will see what we end up with. For blog owners, please advertise this idea on your blog if you don’t mind. Perhaps we all will find out about blogs that we had forgotten about and did not know had “bitten the dust.”
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I read as of today June 28 that Pontifications, by Father Al Kimel will cease publishing.
Comment by John — June 28, 2007 @ 3:40 PM
John – o.k. this one fills both bills: surprising and disappointing.
Comment by David — June 28, 2007 @ 4:04 PM
Having been a blog reader for over five years I can think of plenty of good blogs that have retired. Many times retired bloggers do come back, but certainly not always. Feddie of Southern Appeal is of course not running Catholicsagainstrudy.com.
Some of my favorite defunct Catholic blogs, besides the ones you mention would be.
Fr. Sibley’s “A Saintly Salmagundi”
Michelle of “And then”
Swimming the Tiber – Though the blogger a former atheist is now a monk.
The great parody blog “Catholicnews.org”
Rick Lugari’s De Civiate Dei and his awesome papal parody blog Musum Pontificalis.
Comment by Jeff Miller — June 28, 2007 @ 4:47 PM
Well, Brian Killian’s old blog, which seems to now be altogether unpublished, was Noetic Muse (if anyone rememember it).
There is just one post published on what was Noetic Muse: http://www.bkillian.com/blog/ . He sometimes has some stuff published on Catholic Exchange, but it’s too sporadic. He should be blogging again.
Comment by monica — June 28, 2007 @ 6:32 PM
I guess that us mediocre bloggers just don’t have the sense to quit, eh?
Comment by St. Jimbob of the Apokalypse — June 29, 2007 @ 8:14 AM
I was disappointed to hear that Homemaking Through the Church Year is going on indefinite hiatus:
http://churchyear.blogspot.com/
It seems like a common theme among blogs that go on hiatus is simply a time issue — the authors still enjoy it, but just don’t have time to devote to it. I was actually just going to do a post asking other bloggers how they find time to blog. I know it’s a challenge for a lot of us.
Comment by Jennifer F. — June 29, 2007 @ 11:18 AM
Feddie’s at RedState. But not Catholic-specific.
Comment by dad29 — June 29, 2007 @ 12:00 PM
This is a an excellent blog!
http ://catholicismrevealed.blogspot.com/
Note: evangelizing solo scriptura blog
Comment by apollyon — June 29, 2007 @ 12:37 PM
It must be disheartening when there are over one billion Catholics in the world (and then cut that in half for English speaking maybe) and then only a decimal of a decimal of a decimal of 1 percent of Catholics are reading the blog work. At times it must feel like playing chess with someone who never makes a move and so one moves the pieces for him.
Comment by bill bannon — June 29, 2007 @ 12:44 PM
Apollyon – no actually, the blog to which you refer is a rather misguided and quite presumptuous blog. “Catholicism Revealed” implies that you know a little about what the Catholic Church teaches beyond centuries old caricatures. The questions you are asking have been well answered. You should take the time to go find out how Catholics respond to them and then address those issues rather than dragging out the tired old canards that have been adequately addressed millions of times over.
With respect to Sola Scriptura…one might ask where in the Bible is this doctrine taught? Of course the answer is that it is not. Sola Scriptura is a tradition of men that negates the Commandments of God (cf. Matt 15:3).
Comment by David — June 29, 2007 @ 2:27 PM
I have curtailed my blogging for the simple reason that I am too busy.
I did a little experiment for 15 days in June, where I resolved to drop whatever I was doing on the computer if my wife and children wanted me to do something with them. The tasks ranged from helping with chores, to listening to them, to disciplining them. For that 15 day period I blogged four times.
In short, I realize that I have to spend more time living and less time blogging. With 12 children – 5 of them teenagers – I am beginning to realize that my time with them is running out.
On the other hand, your blog is one of the few that I look at regularly – partly because it is not blocked by my work.
God bless
Comment by dadwithnoisykids — July 3, 2007 @ 9:09 AM