Better Late Than Never?

Somehow, I missed this option at the Weblog Awards voting page! Didn't realize that I could embed the poll on my own blog!

I have had several people email me and tell me that the links I had sent them weren't working. Not sure what that was all about.

Talk Wisdom is holding steady at 8th place! (Shush! I'm trying to be positive about it ;-) )

Meanwhile, I want to share some of my choices in the other categories. Will post them A.S.A.P.

Just noticed today that my new blogging friend Angel of Woman Honor Thyself is in a tight race for first place in her category! Go over here and vote for her!

[Please Note: Took the embedded poll off of this site because it was displaying as a big white blank! Thursday (poll closes 2:00 p.m. PT) is the last day of voting. It appears that today, the server must be overwhelmed! You can go HERE to vote. Thank you!]

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Update @ 3:45 p.m. PT

Just a note to let everyone know that the Weblogs site had major server problems for several hours today. So, if you tried to vote earlier and were not able to get through, it wasn't anything that you did incorrectly.

The problems appear to be fixed now. Thanks for being patient and understanding! I'm sure that Kevin Aylward at the Weblogs Awards site is doing the very best he can under the circumstances. He has taken on this challenge for several years now and I, for one, greatly appreciate all of his hard work!

You can continue voting once every 24 hours until 2:00 p.m. P.T. tomorrow. Thanks!


Some of My Vote Choices:

Best Blog = Michele Malkin

Best New Blog = Jammie Wearing Fool

Best Online Community = Little Green Footballs

Best Conservative Blog = Michele Malkin

Best Video of the Year = Ha Ha Ha

Best Video Blog = Hot Air

Best Celebrity Blogger = Wil Wheaton

Best Political Coverage = Real Clear Politics

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Update: For my friend Susan who really liked the "Sunday Night Funnie" -

Funny Signs

Plumber: "We repair what your husband fixed."
At a tire shop in Milwaukee: "Invite us to your next blowout."

Sign at the psychic's hotline: "Don't call us, we'll call you."

At a towing company: "We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows."

Billboard on the side of the road: "Keep your eyes on the road and stop reading these signs."

In a nonsmoking area: "If we see smoking we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."

On maternity room door: "Push, Push, Push."

At an optometrists office "If you don't see what your looking for you've come to the right place."

On a taxidermist's window: "We really know our stuff."

In a foot doctors office: "Time wounds all heels."

On a Butchers window: "Let me meat your needs."

On a fence: "Salesmen welcome, dog food is expensive."

At a car dealership: "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment."

Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary, we hear you coming."

Outside a hotel: "Help! We need inn-experienced people."

On a desk in a reception room: "We shoot every 3rd salesman , and the 2nd one just left."

In a veterinarians waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes, Sit ! Stay!"

On the door of a computer store: "Out for a quick byte."

In a restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come on in and get fed up."

Inside a bowling alley: "Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop."

In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully, we'll wait."

In a counselors office: "Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional.

My Fellow Nominees

Went over to check out most of the other blogs chosen as finalists in the "Religious Blog" category.

After just a brief visit to all of the blogs, here is my assessment:


Holy Schmidt (liberal, possibly Unitarian Universalist?)

Camp On This (Biblical Christian)

God Divas (looks secular)

The Deacon's Bench (Catholic)

What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Catholic)

Evangelical Outpost (Evangelical Christian)

A Payne Hollow Visit (not sure, maybe liberal Christian?)

One Cosmos (New Age)

Talk Wisdom (Born-again, Biblical Christian) :-)

Praize.com - JoLaNell
(Born-again Christian)

There were originally @ 100 blogs placed in the preliminary nomination category. Only 100!

Today, I just felt like doing a search on "Christian Blogspots" just to see how many came up. There were over 1,580,000!! Consider this, also. Many of the links were weblogs with dozens, if not hundreds of blogs and websites listed!

I thought it was interesting, (and typical) to find a "progessive" Christian blogspot to be a very popular one. The title is, "Not all Christians are Religious" and brags:

Not all Christians are Religious. A progressive Christian who likes to sin..occasionally.

Yep...that's the way of the world today...isn't it?

Of course, there is a huge difference between backsliding into sin (due to our fallen fleshly selves competing with the Holy Spirit's leading) and being someone who admits he/she "likes to sin...occasionally."

It is also interesting to note that the "Religious Blog" category was eliminated last year (HT: Evangelical Outpost) Wonder why that happened? Perhaps it was because not many people bothered to nominate "religious" blogs so they eliminated the category?

Anyway, I have found that besides the obvious success of Evangelical Outpost, many of the Bible-believing/teaching Christian blogs nominated this year are currently in the bottom four in voting totals. But don't let that stop you from visiting the sites. They are excellent!

This "contest" has helped me to discover some awesome Christian blogs that I probably would not have found otherwise. For that, I am most grateful!

I look forward to posting at those blogs after the voting period is over.

The 2007 Weblog Awards

The voting begins! My thanks go to Doug who was the first blogging friend to let me know that I made the ten finalists list in "The Best Religious Blog"!

I have to admit, this was quite a surprise for me!

I'm humbled, excited and... a bit scared. Now I really need to "do well for the Lord." The pressure is on.

On second thought, I am going to keep in mind what my wonderful sister in Christ, Susan Smith, said over in the nominations thread at Weblogs 2007. She wrote:

Religion is man trying to reach God. Christianity is God reaching man. This blog is not "religious." However, it shows true LIFE in Jesus the Messiah. When we accept the way and understand the truth, then we have the LIFE.

Beautifully stated, Susan! Thank you for your true words of wisdom!

Jesus the Messiah is where my focus has been and where it will always remain.

Here is a direct link to:

The Religious Blog Finalists Voting page

Note: Each person can vote once every 24 hours.

You can also reach the main nominations page which lists all of the categories by clicking on the 2007 Weblog Awards icon featured above. The same icon can also be accessed via the icon on the left sidebar. Then, scroll down to the category you wish to vote in and cast your vote!

Polls close on November 8th.

If you have any questions, problems, or suggestions, please don't hesitate to comment!

Thanks and God bless all of you!

In Christ,
Christine

The Weblog Awards Nominations

Now that I've made you laugh along with that precious child in my previous post, perhaps you might be willing to help nominate Talk Wisdom in one or two categories for The 2007 Weblog Awards.

I noticed (via LGF) that today is the last day to register blog nominations.

I went over there to vote for LGF. When I got there, I noticed this at the "Best Religious Blog" page:

Nominate your choice for Best Religious Blog. This is a return for a category that was dropped last year. Our objection was that most of the nominated bloggers were not primarily religious bloggers, but were usually mostly news and politics bloggers. We'll be watching the nomination pool this year to see if the religious blogger community is larger than it was two years ago.

The category was dropped last year? That really surprised me. I have links to several great Christian blogs in my blogroll. I'm sure there are hundreds, if not thousands of great blogs that could be nominated.

Well, I'm quite late on this so I'm not sure how much longer the voting will be open.

If you feel led to vote for Talk Wisdom, here are two categories where you can vote for my blog:

1. Best Religious blog.

2. Best Individual Blogger.

[Note: FYI If you do not wish to post a comment of endorsement, you can also register votes by clicking on the + (plus) sign near the word "Score" at the right of an already existing Talk Wisdom comment post. Just scroll down until you see one.]

Of course, no matter what happens all the glory, honor and praise belong to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

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Update!!!

Looks like they are keeping the nomination voting open for two more days!

Nomination Index

Quote: Nominations close -October 15, 2007 - (now crossed out!!) October 17, 2007 so get to work!

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10/16/07 Update:

I felt a bit sheepish yesterday when I thought I had misplaced Talk Wisdom in the "Best Culture Blog" category. However, I noticed a few other religion vs. culture nominees in the mix there, too. Most nominees, however, are secular culture oriented.

The caption reads:

Nominate your choice for Best Culture Blog. Culture being somewhat in the eye of the beholder, we're looking a wide cross-section of blogs on popular culture topics.

So, I'm not sure if the "shoe fits," so to speak. But if you feel led to vote in that category, that would be nice. Maybe, the more category nominations the better chance Talk Wisdom might have?

To nominate for "Best Culture Blog," go here.

My goal, as always, has been to get the Word out! Sharing the Word of God, that is!!