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I am going to try and take a blog holiday and reflect over the next couple of days. Lets see how long I last! I have been reflecting on my own blog and picking out what I think some of the highlights have been since the end of April when I started. If you are mad enough to miss me whilst I am away then you can always browse my highlights list or better still visit some of the Blogdom of God- <\/p>\n

Joshua Claybourn<\/a> HughHewitt.com<\/a> Catholic and Enjoying It<\/a> Real Live Preacher<\/a> RelapsedCatholic<\/a> Patriot Paradox<\/a> King of Fools<\/a> Clarity amidst Chaos<\/a> sophoristically speaking<\/a> connexions<\/a> Dappled Things<\/a> Certus Veritas<\/a> Earthly Passions<\/a> Wanderings of a Post Modern Pilgrim<\/a> Antioch Road<\/a> Broken Masterpieces<\/a> ChristWeb<\/a> The Blogdom of God<\/a> Tim Samoff \/\/ Weblog<\/a>
Vessel of Honour
Reverend Mike\u2019s House of Homiletic Hash<\/a> Upward way<\/a> TheConnexion<\/a> Collected Miscellany<\/a> Mr. Pete\u2019s Pages<\/a> Damascus Road<\/a> New Covenant<\/a> N.B. Chesed<\/a> St. Stephen\u2019s Musings<\/a> Belief Seeking Understanding<\/a> Mark Roberts<\/a> Fallible<\/a> Dappled Things<\/a> Totem to Temple<\/a> I like Shiny things<\/a> In the Shadow of Mt. Hollywood<\/a> My four walls<\/a> Anxiety Closet<\/a> bloggerphil<\/a> nextlevel<\/a> Hugh Hewitt Inspired Blogs<\/a> Coffee Swirls<\/a> central power<\/a> Christian media<\/a> The Wilderness<\/a> Available Light<\/a> Wanderings of a Post-Modern Pilgrim<\/a> David dave<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"