The joy of blogospheric brevity: An invitation to bloggers to keep it real short (just once).

By Sunday, post a 50-word-or-less blog entry.

Let me know. I’ll link participants here.

(Title it well, so people will click through.)

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Last sunday I prayed for God to draw me closer to Him this week.

Avoid all extremes save one…

Fall on the Farm Was About Family

A Sure Fire Way To Solve Most Conflict In Churches

God is not enough

Joy is 18 Hours on a Train to Delhi with seven kids in our Train Compartment

One of the positives of living in America…

Michelle Obama

The Best Lead Line Ever

The Heart of the Problem – a post meeting the 22 Words brevity requirements…

Look on and do nothing?

I Hate Cars (yes, I’m using the word our son won’t let us say)

Perhaps the offense of strong language comes from its frequent-imprecision

Nobody Ever Said This Humility Thing Would Be Easy

Are You Helping Others Perceive Your Deception (Self or Otherwise)?

Love Is Not A Victory March, It’s A Cold And It’s A Broken Hallelujah.

Will Play For Joy

if i could tell everyone ONE thing about the election

How the Republicans Might Save the Obama Legacy?

Humble hatred

Twenty-Three Words

5 Things That Smell Better Than They Taste

Rob: in 50 words

Bloggers: email your answers and I’ll post them

If I hear another story about a dismembered body, I’ll scream!

You too can change the world

In short: Eagerly awaiting a Savior, not a president

on the beautiful mind of Anna

Creativity in Little Things

It’s a Free Gift

A Prophetic Link Between Babel and Pentacost

Any ideas to keep a 2 year old immobile?

Why I can’t bring myself to read long e-books

Autumn in Texas

Further Up and Further In

a new mp3 player or groceries??

The Evangelical Drug of Choice: Consumption

A Preemptive Petition Which is Well Worth Signing

When you breathe in…

House Church Confession

Why History Encourages Me

So Many Stars, Few Little Words

Crumby Faith

Justin Martyr had a certain hope. Do you?

3 Ways for “Poor” Progressive “White” People Not to Be Embittered By “Rich” Republican “White” People

Seven Lines > Mrs. Robinson

Yikes! What Was I thinking?

10 Ways France surprised this Canadienne Exchange Student

Itacyara, in 1049 Words

Apostle Paul says: How else to build this church?

Paul did a lot, but he barely scratched the surface

Oh, That You Would Know My Love

Trim the tree and wrap the presents, put the Christmas music on!

Worship Music Stuck In A Rut? Three Potential Causes

Having a turkey vs. being a turkey

Fall baseball with Elliott…

Gone and Not Forgotten, but Most Definitely Taboo

Before I Knew What MS Was

Unable to Overcome My Wordiness, I Defer to Abraham as Master of the Bite-Sized Blog Post

Ramen for breakfast

It’s Only the Beginning of Obama’s influence in Kenya

On Self-esteem

Dr. John Piper is Real and so is God.

A Plea to the Agnostic to Give the Bible a Chance

Conviction through a 3 year old!

Augustine on joy and suffering

Have you fasted lately?

An Objective Economic Stimulus Thought

Having been to Haiti and having friends there now, this story hits close to home.

The joy of being part skunk

5 Ways to Become a Good Writer

When you wish things were different…

The Incredible Cherubim

Embracing Accusation

Has This Ever Happened To You?

just me: fifty words

Three Reasons to Go Dancing. Line dancing.

‘lean-n-mean’ …in less than … 50 words..??

Orphans no more…

Artificial prayers are powerful?

Death and Dying

Journey to the Center

Six fantastic reasons to go camping

Five Things I “Learned” in Church Today

A Packer, a Piper, and a Pregnant Brevity

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24 Responses

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    [...] Can you post a 50 word or less blog entry?  Then you might be interested in this. (Is it cheating if your title is 20 words?)  Check it. [...]

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    jamsco says:

    By when, Sunday? If I post on the weekend, it’s generally Sunday afternoon.

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    Any time through the end of Sunday is fine.

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    ED... says:

    All right. I’ll bite. (This once.)

    ED.

    http://caughtnottaught.blogspot.com/

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    [...] Piper challenges you to keep your posts brief: “By Sunday, post a 50-word-or-less blog entry. Let me know. I’ll link participants [...]

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    [...] Part of the 50-Word Blog Challenge at the blog, 22 Words [...]

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    Fantastic challenge, thanks!

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    Juli Jarvis says:

    My 50-word blog has been posted! Voila!

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    [...] REALLY need to exercise brevity. Sorry for the super long [...]

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    Andrew says:

    Abraham,

    Thanks for doing this, and providing the linkage. I am savoring this moment, as it is surely my 15 minutes of fame.

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    Dave says:

    Yeah, thank you, Abraham. 75 hits today! Fun.

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    [...] why I’m so uncharacteristically short-winded?  Abraham Piper set a challenge to write a post in 50 words.  But if he can do it in 22, so can I.  Almost.) Filed under : [...]

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    [...] issued by Abraham Piper, is to write a post in less than 50 words.  You can read some more here. « Remember, [...]

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    [...] in writing challenges, like this one at 22 Words. You’re reading my entry.  Challenge ends Sunday night. Hurry! Share and Enjoy: These [...]

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    [...] thinking I’ll do this all week, even though the suggestion to post a "50-word-or-less blog entry " was a one-time deal.  I’m always going on about brevity and being concise yet I [...]

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    I know I missed the deadline, but this was a great idea. I threw up a quick post, anyway:

    A Packer, a Piper, and a Pregnant Brevity

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    [...] reprographics, which he says “is related to printing building plans.” Recently I left a comment on Abraham Piper’s blog, 22 Words, pledging to publish the answers that any blogger submitted [...]

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