One of the other things Jon and I were talking about was the “secret world of young bloggers.” This is a problem.

I’ve noticed that there is a large group of young bloggers that posts really unedifying stuff on their blogs. Believe me. I’ve been that person. Often, I still am that person. I’m not going to gripe about that. What disturbs me about it is that they’ve been feeling the need to do it in secret. Why do they feel the need to hide their blogs from their parents? What does that say about their heart? About their mouths?

Fortunately, I think most of their parents have found out about their blogs. I think this can be a good thing and a bad thing. On the good side, it keeps the blogger conscious that his audience is bigger than his immediate group of friends. No blogging is “secret” (even yours isn’t, T.M.). On the negative side, I think parents and teachers are given the opportunity to overreact. Instead of slowly guiding these young folks, it becomes a greater emotional offense to see one of the young people under your guidance do something stupid.

Young bloggers, keep in mind that all your stupidity comes out on your blog. Most of the time, you’re making yourselves look like morons. If you’re willing to accept that (don’t get me wrong…I did), just realize that there will be consequences in the future.

Some of you have really fruitful blogs. I’m thinking especially of Zach. Good stuff. Keep it up.

I went over to Jon’s last night, and we ended talking for over three hours. It was one of the most edifying conversations I’ve had in a long time, and I wish I could remember half the stuff we talked about because most of the topics we hit were great conversation starters.

One of the points that Jon brought up was how liberals and hyper-conservatives are like modern day Sadduces and Pharisees, respectively. If you get along and often have edifying conversation with liberals (as Jon and I do), hyper-conservatives like to try to say stuff like “Well, you’re not being prophetic enough. That’s why you can get along with them.” The problem is that the liberals are like the Sadduces. In many ways, they’re faulty views are born out of unbelief and ignorance. Like the Sadduces, they might deny the Resurrection or some other cardinal doctrine of the faith.

I don’t want to be a Pharisee ’cause they’re no fair you see.

Jesus spent much more time ripping into the Pharisees, not the Sadduces. And I think being prophetic hacks off our modern day Pharisees more than our modern day Sadduces. I think that really irks the hyper conservatives.