Why ARE so many bloggers Christian?

I like to look at my blog stats sometimes and see how 'off' some of the search topics are!  This one was the highlight of my week: "why are so many bloggers christian?"  You know, random Google seeker, that's a darn good question, and I sincerely doubt you would have received a response by trolling through this blog.  The fact is, a lot of bloggers ARE Christian (and of course, a lot aren't) and they seem to make up a strangely large percentage of 'family' blogs.  Blogs on homeschooling are largely dominated by Christians, as are blogs on having large families, on living naturally, on thrift, crafting, loving your children, living with little ones and various lifestyles such as Waldorf inspired homes and homesteading.  Random Google Seeker (hereby known as RGS) you've brought up a very interesting point, and I'd like to address it, just in case you ever return to THIS Christian blog in your never-ending search for Google answers.

Excellent Point #1 - Christians Live Interesting Lives.

All Christians live interesting lives, although not all of them are any good at writing about them.  But we're all interesting by virtue of being Christian for one very good reason:  When you're a Christian (if you're doing it right) you give God control over the parts of your life that mainstream society does not.  And that makes you fascinating to people who haven't relinquished control.  If you dress like you belong in Little House On The Prairie or cover your hair, or have hair to your waist or are trailed everywhere by ten children or are the only person on your block during a regular workday...well, people find you fascinating.  The popularity of shows like 19 Kids And Counting is based completely on this sort of fascination.  And let's face it, if being a Christian forces you to re-think your impact on nature, your food choices, where your clothes were manufactured and so on, you're going against the grain.  And that's interesting.

Excellent Point #2 - Christians Live In A Narrative.

One of the reasons why liturgy based churches have stood the test of time is that they focus on the narrative of Christianity.  The story.  It comes part and parcel with having your saviour arrive in the midst of one of the greatest story-telling cultures ever known.  Although some of the more modern denominations (ours included, unfortunately) sometimes glide over that narrative a bit more than they should, it still exists.  Easter, then Pentecost (or Trinity, if you're old school!), Advent, then Christmas, then Lent and back to Easter.  The year revolves and with it come the stories...Jesus dying for us, now to his ministry, his birth comes next and then we prepare once more in the desert.  All of this makes us natural storytellers.  We live IN the story, surrounded by it, breathing it in and out day after day in an endless cycle of years.  And so we tell stories, about our mini-Lent we experienced the other day, about our own joyful Easter of sorts last Wednesday.

Excellent Point #3 - Christians Have An Endless Stream Of News.

Take it from me, if you write a blog it will not become successful, or even read, if your news is always the same.  It doesn't matter how many clubs you've visted, how drunk you got last weekend or what you think of the latest electronic whatever, ultimately, no ones cares about that stuff for very long.  Trends come and go, opinions come and go, but the *big* question, they remain.  No matter how many different answers there are to questions such as:  "What is the meaning of life?" "Why is there pain and suffering?" and "How can I be a good person?", those questions still get asked over and over again.  Logically, the only reason a question gets asked over and over again is because an acceptable answer hasn't yet been found!  Christians have a resource for all of those answers for which we seek: the Bible.  And this book offers an endless stream of news for us, answers to every question we can ask, advice, sympathy, a kick in the pants, you name it, that book's got it.

Excellent Point #4 - Christians Are Inclusive, No Matter How Exclusive We May Appear To Be.

If you troll the blog world you are looking for one of four things.  The first is diversion, as in you're looking for entertainment value, and point #1 covers that.  Christians are entertaining, we're interesting.  OSme of us are weird and some of us are Very. Weird.  Most of us are semi-weird, and all of us are fascinating people.  The second thing is fellowship, and point #2 covers that.  Christians live in a narrative and surround themselves with one.  We play our roles and this draws us closer to God and to each other.  If you are lonely, the narrative aspect of blogs will appeal to you.  The fourth is information,  that's pretty much point #3.  Any question you have, there is an answer in God.  Any worry you have, there is an answer in God.  Any anxiety, and concerns, any joy, there are answers.  Do not be content to live your life trusting in, what, yourself?  The fourth is an argument.  I want to throw my two cents in and say that I both love and hate an argument!  I love to flex my mental muscles, but I don't like to make people upset with me!  But blogland is great for this, because if you have a beef with something I say, you can tell me, and there is nothing (short of deleting your comment, and I have never deleted a comment yet) I can do about it.  And for me, that confrontation is liberating, because I don't have to care about hurting your feelings, this is my blog, and I'll say what I please!

So, Random Googler, that's an excellent question you asked there.  Good job.  I wonder if you found your answer somewhere?  I hope you did, and I hope that for whatever reason you trolled the Christian blog world you, too, put a little piece of yourself out there.