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Swerve, the blog of LifeChurch.tv pastors Craig Groeschel and Bobby Gruenewald, is in the midst of "Blogging Week." They are giving a how-to in blogging for ministers, and they explain why blogging is an important part of their own ministry. The posts are brief and cover some of the basics of blogging for ministry; this series is probably most relevant to newer clergy bloggers.

Key posts include "Why Consider Blogging?" which describes the multiple purposes for which ministers can use blogs, and "Blogging Tips," which offers a short list of stylistic consdierations. The comments on "Blogging Tips" are also useful, and go into a little more depth about what attracts and keeps readers to a blog.