(1) Comments are supposed to be about the content of the post on the blog. A number of people are doing what I call “leapfrog” comments where they take the basic subject of a post and then leap off on their thoughts about that particular subject. This soon takes the thread too far afield, and makes it incoherent. We really are interested in your thoughts about the content of the posted article, sermon or whatever it happens to be.
(2) There is a continued problem with the tone of posts. Biting sarcasm is not appropriate. Neither is cyncism drifting into despair. Ad hominem comments are to be avoided. Jumping to conclusions without evidence is not helpful. A good example of this latter activity took place on a post about a priest who went to California from Louisiana, whereupon a number of posters made accusations about what the Bishop of Louisiana did or did not know on the basis of no evidence.
(3) Threads are sometimes being diverted because of the subagendas of posters. If you want to interact with another poster on a personal level for example, we can, with their permission, help you do that off blog. But we have posters making numerous comments recently about other posters, their activities and in some cases their ministries. To say this is off the playing field is to put it mildly.
(4) It really would be a good idea if you not only prayed after you wrote your post (which I hope you are doing in a word processing program before you post it here anyway since putting it in WordPress first can cause it to be lost), but also if you considered what someone would think of what you were about to post were they of a very different viewpoint than yours. We have enough “shock jock” stuff and gotcha journalism in other venues, I do not want it here.
In closing, let me say that I very much appreciate each blog reader and the opportunity for this joint endeavor….
Read it all (and if you have a moment the comments are fascinating)