Can you help...?

Frankie Ward is doing a paper with Elaine Graham and Heather Walton at the British and Irish Association of Practical Theology conference and is doing some research on the theme of theological reflection. She would like to do something at the conference on blogging as a method of theological reflection.

You can help by tackling these questions and emailing it to Frankie at fefward@btinternet.com. Don't forget to let them know where you blog.

1. How long have you been blogging?
2. What got you started?
3. Do you have a history of diary/journal/log writing beforehand?
4. How in your own mind do you negotiate the boundary between private and public? E.g. are there things that you would not put on your blog that you would put in a journal?
5. How do you decide? What criteria do you use for inclusion/exclusion?
6. How much time, on average, do you spend blogging each day or week?
7. How many other people do you actively engage with – e.g. are part of your blog community?
8. Who is your readership – literally; as far as you know?
9. and metaphorically? Do you imagine someone to whom you write/with whom you engage?
10. What counts as successful blogging?
11. What does blogging offer as a method of theological reflection?
a. Its opportunities
b. Its draw backs
12. What potential do you see for blogging as a method of theological reflection?
13. Do you know of examples of theological education programmes where students are required to keep a learning journal and blog as a form of journal?
14. Blogging and gender: do you think gender makes any difference to any of the above questions?

Pass it on if you feel inclined? Heh you may even get cited!!