A note to readers...

@Don: Same here.

Ich auch. Me too. Yo tambien.

Tim

Have you considered that not having the comment feed could lengthen our response time when Darryl Heart posts again?

Still,the potential is there. And when you think of the lives that could be ruined in those precious few minutes before we know he's back...I think Tim should restore the comment feed.

It was helpful for me, too.

Dear Friends,

Tim and I pulled the comment list for three reasons:

First, it tended to give prominence to chronic opponents of the blog. I felt this was unfortunate.

Second, comment lists seem to elevate the visibility of debate, raising the temperature and increasing the vitriol level of the blog.

Third, despite our desire to have pastoral give-and-take on the blog--and I'm sure you're aware Tim does much more interaction in the comments here than most bloggers--I've come to the conclusion that lengthy comment veins usually depart from the point of the original post and often detract from it. In particular, they tend to elevate the comments of drive-by critics such as the pastor who recently commented on the Keller/homosexuality/preaching post. I'm simply unwilling to give such men prominence of any sort on this blog.

Tim and I have considered moderating comments, but would prefer not to do that. We've also considered putting ground rules for commenters in a prominent place on the blog, and that's something we'll probably do soon.

Finally, it is possible to subscribe to comment feeds. You can find the form for doing so at the top of the comment section of each post. This might be worth a try for those interested in the comments on particular posts.

Sorry about the change.

Love in Christ,

David

Kamilla,

The link is to an RSS feed. You have to subscribe in a feed reader--like Google Reader. If you don't normally use a reader, you can set one up to push new posts (comments, in this case) to your email. But I highly recommend using a reader--or at least trying it out.

Warmly,