I was honored to receive an award from James McGrath at Exploring Our Matrix, who was himself a deserving recipient. The idea is to honor five to seven blogs whose content is considered particularly inspiring. What a hard award for me to give, as I typically don’t frequent blogs I don’t find, in some sense, inspiring! Not only that, but I don’t have a huge repertoire of blogs, so, as you’ll see, I’ve actually tagged two or three of them before. But to give proper honor to the award that has honored me, I must pass it on. So here are the five that came to my head when I was looking for five places to hang the plaque engraved “Inspiring”:
1) The Smoak House (Joshua Horne) — I think I’ve tagged him for every award and/or meme I’ve ever done. But I couldn’t neglect him for this one, as I think he walks a fine line between being goofy, geeky, informative, challenging, and, yes, inspiring. I’ve noticed that his inspiring posts don’t generate many comments, but I want to reassure him that they are inspiring, even to cynics like me. 
2) Meditations on an Eyeball (Vance H.) — Vance hasn’t posted in four or five months, but I wish he would post more often because his posts are usually so doggone thoughtful and thought-provoking. Consider this a solicitation for more, Vance – the internet does miss you.
3) Castle of Nutshells (Damian Caruana) — Another guy I just tagged recently but whose posts always make me stop and ponder things deeper than mere ideas and facts, which is where this blog usually camps out.
4) Unfinished Christianity (Virgil Vaduva) — Not only is Virgil a bang-up nice guy (and the only person on this list who I have actually met aside from Joshua, my brother-in-law), but his blog, much like The Smoak House and Exploring Our Matrix, just seems to nail it with the right amount of posts on diverse topics. The “inspiring” aspect of Virgil’s blog is evident in its title and subtitle (“Where I am today is not where I am going…”). His dedication to what he believes and humility about what he’s unsure of are truly inspiring.
5) Now I Know in Part (“Thomas”) — This is a blog I recently discovered whose author has fairly recently set out on a journey I began a number of years ago. What I find inspiring is his optimism, honesty, and dedication to filling in the holes in his theology after coming to doubt certain key doctrines (namely creationism). Keep going, Thomas; the road’s long, but not too difficult as long as you make sure to enjoy the scenery and avoid fearing what’s ahead.
I could go on (these are by no means the only inspiring blogs I know of), but I’ll stop at five. Thanks again, James.
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