8 Blogs You May Not Be Following But Should

In order to put together my Read This! feature on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s, I follow a couple hundred blogs. I usually read blogs through Feedly. Since Google Reader died a couple years ago this has been my go-to aggregator. Every morning I go through the new articles which have posted and star some for future reading or linking purposes. Here are some of my favorite authors that are a bit lesser-known.

I’m not sure if it’s an honor or an insult to make this list. I’m defining lesser known based on either number of Feedly subscribers, Twitter followers, or Alexa Rank. “Lesser known” is an arbitrary number, I realize. In the grand scheme of things even someone like Tim Challies is “lesser known” to the wider world. But in the world of blogs he’s the king. So I’ve just picked a few numbers, using my own numbers (since I’m a “lesser known”) as a basic benchmark. I’d say in a year or so none of these will qualify as lesser known.

These I’ve also tried to only include blogs which update at least relatively frequently. There are many great writers who have either been swallowed up by the TGC monster or they’ve simply stopped writing with frequency. I haven’t included them.

1. Nick Batzig at Feeding on Christ. I’m not sure Nick belongs on this list. Not because he isn’t a good writer, but because he’s moving on from the category of “lesser known”. He is a terrific and thought-provoking writer. I’m always challenged by his work.

2. Aaron Earls at The Wardrobe Door. There is lots of CS Lewis stuff here. This, I believe, also greatly influences Aaron’s take on cultural events. He always has a fresh perspective that I appreciate.

3. Melissa Edgington at Your Mom Has a Blog. How can you not love a blog with this title? A couple years ago I made a conscious effort to add more ladies to my blogroll. Melissa was one of these, and I’m glad I did.

4. Samuel James at Inklingations. Samuel is one of the better writers out there. He blogs now with Mere Orthodoxy, so technically a group blog, but he is worth breaking my rule. More people need to be reading and interacting with Samuel James.

5. Courtney Reissig. Courtney has written a couple of excellent books. She blogs somewhat regularly and is always though-provoking. She will at times go a month or so without blogging, but when she does write it’s always worth reading.

6. Aaron Armstrong at Blogging Theologically. Aaron has been doing this blogging thing for awhile (like me). I’m not sure if he belongs on this list, but I’d hate for anyone not to have him on their blog rolls. Aaron does a roundup of links (like our Read This! feature) and he also has a growing podcast.

7. Jen Oshman. Jen and her husband are church-planting missionaries. I’m relatively new to her writing but I’m liking what I’m reading so far. She is another one that I bet will be widely known soon.

8. Knowable Word. I know I wasn’t supposed to do group blogs, but I just discovered this one. I love the tagline “Helping ordinary people learn to study the Bible”. That’s their goal. And they do a good job of meeting it. Maybe I’m late to the party and every one else already knows about this blog. But I didn’t…so there you have it.

If you’ve got a lesser known blog leave me a comment. I’d love to add it to my feedly. There are so many good blogs and writers out there. I wish blogs were as active as they were a few years ago. It seems like Twitter/Facebook and group blogs have really changed the game. But I still love a good blog. And you’d do well to add these eight to your subscriptions.

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