A Blogger's Prayer

The Blogger's Prayer 1.1 by Andrew Jones (June, 2002)

Our Father,
who lives above and beyond the dimension of the internet
Give us this day a life worth blogging,
The access to words and images
that express our journey with passion and integrity,
And a secure connection to publish your daily mercies.
Your Kingdom come into new spaces today,
As we make known your mysteries,
Posting by posting,
Blog by blog.

Give this day,
The same ability to those less privileged,
Whose lives speak louder than ours,
Whose sacrifice is greater,
Whose stories will last longer.

Forgive us our sins,
For blog-rolling strangers and pretending they are friends,
For counting unique visitors but not noticing unique people,
For delighting in the thousands of hits
but ignoring the ONE who returns,
For luring viewers but sending them away empty handed,
For updating daily but repenting weekly.

As we forgive those who trespass on our sites
to appropriate our thoughts without reference,
Our images without approval,
Our ideas without linking back to us.

Lead us not into the temptation
to sell out our congregation,
To see people as links and not as lives,
To make our blogs look better than our actual story.

But deliver us from the evil of pimping ourselves
instead of pointing to you,
From turning our guests into consumers
of someone else's products,
From infatuation over the toys of technology,
From idolatry over techology
From fame before our time has come.

For Yours is the power to guide
the destinies behind the web logs,
To bring hurting people into the sanctuaries of our sites,
To give us the stickiness to follow you,
no matter who is watching or reading.
Yours is the glory that makes people second look
our sites and our lives,
Yours is the heavy ambience,

For ever and ever,
Amen

p/s: Came across this in Ps Sivin's blog and found it meaningful :) Blogging is one way to reach out to people as well! I'm terribly sorry (I realize I've been apologizing for my last few posts) and I will say sorry again. Have been really really busy & exams are nxt wk. Would really appreciate your prayers.. Am down with cough & cold as well..