Today is my blogiversary. This time last year I had just found out about biblioblogging via the announcement of the SBL session on blogging the Bible. Although I wasn’t able to make it to that session, I did go ahead and start a blog.

My first biblioblog was not Blue Cord. It was a Xanga blog called Karamat. Within a few months, however, I decided that Xanga was too limiting, so I got my own server space, installed WordPress, and off I went. So, even though this is not the anniversary of Blue Cord, it is the one year celebration of when I started blogging. And, since the life span of blogs averages around two months, I am somewhat proud of having made it through a year.

I have greatly enjoyed the experience. Having a reason to write about ideas the moment I have them has been stimulating for my research, as has the feedback I have received. I have also enjoyed connecting with other bibliobloggers and have learned a great deal from them. My two personal favorites are Tyler Williams at Codex and Chris Heard at Higgaion. I am also enjoying a relative newcomer, Steve Cook at Biblische Ausbildung, although I will take credit for encouraging him to start biblioblogging. Steve and I were students together at Yale and later briefly colleages at Virginia Theological Seminary.

In the past year, I have blogged from a number of locations. Among them:

  • Lithuania
  • Latvia
  • Estonia
  • Russia
  • Austria
  • Hungary
  • United States (Tennessee, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maine)

Next week I will be adding Ukraine to the list, as we are heading to Kiev for fall break. We had hoped to head to northern Finland for break, but it was too expensive. I was looking forward to blogging from the Arctic Circle.

Thanks to all of my readers for sticking with me. I hope you have learned as much from my blog as I have from your comments. I look forward to another year with you.

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