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The Great Blogoff.

Thanks to fellow Des Moines native and blogger Brandon Barker, I’ve decided to take part in the November 2008 Blogoff. The rules are as follows:

1. You must post a blog entry every day of November (including weekends).
2. You may not just reference a photo or a video, there must be a minimum of one paragraph written.
   
3. You may not blog about blogging.

You may write on whatever topic you’d like, but one post per week has to be devoted to the following topic:

Week 1: Politics

Week 2: Religion

Week 3: Sexuality

Week 4: Money

Joining me in this challenge are the following bloggers:

• Brandon Barker
• Shane VanderHart
• Jake Bouma
• Ryan Tow
• Deacon Blue
• Erik Ullestad
• Andy Coticchio
• Megan Rapp
• Andrew Roberts
• Living to the Hilt
• Lisa Notes… What God is teaching me

So be sure to check back all through November as BeDeviant.com heads into the Great Blogoff!

Want to join the list above? Let us know and repost the rules on your blog!

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BeDeviant.com in the Chicago Sun-Times!

This made my day. “The Digital Pastor” appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times’ website today. Very cool.

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These Reek of Lameness.

I went to try and buy the domain name www.justinwise.com. It’s taken.

Then I went to try and buy www.justinwise.org. It’s also taken.

So, the good people at GoDaddy.com suggested a few gems of their own. Below is that list. What do you think? “MYJUSTINUNDERSTANDING.ORG” just has a ring to it, doesn’t it?

Do you have any favorites in this list?

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So You’re Sayin’ There’s a Chance…

Huzzah! BeDeviant.com made it out of the 1,000,000’s on Technorati! Our official rank is now 863,799, a modest position if there ever were one! That means out of all the blogs in all the entire known universe, BeDeviant.com is read by more people than 863,798 of them. Boy, we feel honored. Would you like to see BeDeviant.com climb the ranks of Technorati? Yes? Then favorite this blog if you’re already a member of Technorati. If you’re not, it’s high-time you sign up!

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BeDeviant.com in the News.

BeDeviant.com is up for its first (and probably last) award!

The Iowa Web Awards was started by Internet Mastermind Andy Brudtkuhl over at 48Web here in Des Moines. It’s the first annual competition, and this little blog got nominated for “Best Religion Blog”. Would you consider plunking down a vote for BeDeviant?

Also, don’t forget to vote for some other of our Des Moines favorites (and BeDeviant.com blogroll members): Brianne Sanchez, Juice Magazine, Rush Nigut and Four Legacies Mortgage.

Voting goes until Monday, October 6th. Tell your friends!

Photo credit: broox

BeDeviant.com Welcomed To Alltop.com

Not going to lie, pretty amped about this. It’s never a bad day when you find yourself in the same company as Craig Groeschel, Mark Batterson, DJ Chuang, Dan Kimball, and the ever-lovin’ Jake Bouma.

The good people at Alltop.com have welcomed this little blog into its ranks. You can find us at church.alltop.com. We’re at the bottom, but the more love we get, the higher we go! Tell your friends!

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BeDeviant.com List-O-Mania.

There are numerous variations of this all over the place, but I thought I’d add one more blog to the pile … It’s the BeDeviant.com List-O-Mania!

Favorite New Ministry Websites
I recently stumbled upon NeueMinistry.com. I like it because the content is interesting and it’s geared towards people in ministry. People like me. CollideMagazine.com looks really promising, as does Des Moines’ own VeritasMag.com. Content for normal Christians who find themselves in the normal, everyday world.

Favorite Twitter Follower
I find myself looking forward to @paul_stewart’s updates as of late. He’s always got something good to say. Good use of linking back to his blog, precise updates, and he doesn’t update too much. Nothing’s worse than a Twitterer who tells you when they’re getting up to go to the bathroom, how their fantasy football team is doing or how bored they are. One word for those people, ” BUH-LETED!” (Of course, if you want to follow me you can do so here.)

Favorite iPhone App
Air Sharing is an app that says what it does and does what it says. It turns your iPhone into a wireless hard drive and works as advertised. Oh yeah, it’s free! Much better than pricey (and fickle) competitor DataCase.

Worst Upgrade of the Week
The new Facebook bites. It’s counterintuitive (something we Mac users depend on), it’s ugly and it hides all the stuff that I love about Facebook (read: Flair).

Favorite New Twitter Tool
Twitthat! is a nifty tool that lets you tweet what you read. Simple, easy and useful. Now I can let people know when I’m reading the latest post from JakeBouma.com or Swerve.

Here ends the List-O-Mania. What are you diggin’ in your world?

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Facebook + Be Deviant = BeFaceDeviantBook.

If you’re a fan of BeDeviant.com and you’re a fan of Facebook, why not combine two things you already dig on and become a fan of this blog on Facebook? Make sense?

Check out this link and join the throngs of fans of BeDeviant.com over on Facebook… All one of them (as of this writing). Join the party today.

(Mad props to Jake over at JakeBouma.com for hooking me up with this idea. Go visit Jake and tell him Justin from BeDeviant.com sent you!)

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