Szy -

Regarding quality over quantity - the stuff you put here has obviously received a lot of thought on your part. The fact that you can put it down in a stream and edit it in one pass is amazing, but the fact that you have thought about it, and thought it through, means it has a high level of quality about it. I wish my comments in response were half as lucid.

Regarding churchly stuff - I don't consider myself very religious. And, yes, the level of religion in this blog is slightly higher than I would normally deal with. Yet I have dealt with it and it has provided a service in getting my own faith thought through. Even so, I'm unlikely to follow half the blog to the "godblogsphere" because the content there would be exclusive to the one topic. And your posting sometimes here and sometimes there would have a negative effect in both places, I think. With less frequent updates, there is less reason for frequent visits - for example, I don't go to Melissa's blog very often any more because her posts have gotten too spotty. So I would counsel that you only split the blog if you intend to *increase* the total number of posts. And that means more work for you and more of your time.

So I have to ask a question in return: why? If you think you are imposing on the 20 readers you have, I think the answer is obviously 'no.' We are here and continue to be here. Is it that you want a wider audience? Do you want a greater impact of some sort? Or are you trying to create connections of some kind?

And as for topics - I've been fascinated by the material that is biblical in nature but was edited out of the bible. It might be worth a post or two on your part. For example, the current bible tells of Jesus' birth and ministry and by and large leaves out the stuff in between. And some of the stories in the removed material - e.g. the miracle of lengthening a too short piece of lumber - show a Jesus with God-like powers but human frailties, something that speaks very close to the son-of-God but not God philosophy.

Ro – Yeah, I share your concern that "less frequent" might actually mean "fewer readers" as people get lax in checking the infrequently updated blog. That is a big factor in why I am still debating the point. BTW – thanks for the vote of confidence on the quality.

The split (if I do it) will be because I, perhaps erroneously, believe I have something useful to say and want to more actively promote a portion (and only a portion) of this blog. I understand that at least some of the audience of this blog won't read the second; but my hope would be that I could add new readers with a bit more active effort. The only way I actually "promote" this blog now is I register new posts with Technorati. I have no idea who, if anyone, found this blog that way. BTW - the reason I would not do it is that I'm starting to think there are people already active on the godblogspehere who are making the points I would make, and so adding my voice may not actually be of value.

As to your topic suggestion – thanks. It did get me thinking about something and that will almost certainly end up as part of a post soon. I'm not sure I will address your question directly; but certainly will cover it indirectly.