Link Loved.

Once a month, Brody hosts Link Loved over at his place. Here’s what he said in the inaugural edition of Link Loved:

Here’s the deal. I say once a month we find out our “Top Five Referrers” for that month, those that showed us the most “link love” and show our appreciation by writing a little something up about their blog encouraging your readers to check them out. It doesn’t have to be anything extensive, but just something reviewing their blog, or maybe how you found their blog, or what you like about it. Make sure it’s actual people though. If Google is sending you more than skip it and go to the next actual person. How’s that sound? Does that make sense? Expressing our gratitude to those that are sending us the most traffic once a month? Then come back here and tell all of us about it. Ready to give it a shot?

I think it’s a cool idea, and since I am still feeling a little uninspired, I figured at least you guys could go check out some people who actually write something. So here are my top referring sites:

1. The Prodigal Jon
Jon writes about Christianity in ways that make sense and are fresh and new. I’m always challenged by the stuff he writes there. Jon has a bunch of other sites beside this one as well, including Stuff Christians Like, a site that pokes fun at the quirks of Christianity; 97 Seconds With God, a short devotional/inspirational thought kind of thing; and Can I Wear Jeans?, a directory of churches attended by people all around the world.

2. Pugly Feet
Katrina writes about all kinds of things. Shoe reviews, pictures of her beautiful house, fashion ideas, bicycles… you name it. She has a great sense of style.

3. Just Finding My Way
Her name’s Brooke, just like me! Brooke writes about lots of stuff too. Family, worship, babysitting, being a Christian, bacon floss, even free samples at Wal*Mart. She’s a great girl with a good sense of humor. And she has curly hair!

4(Tie). After a Cup of Coffee… or Two
Christy always has something funny to say. She’s a mom, so of course there are always funny things her kids do & say, but more than that, she’s just a funny lady. This post, for example, made me nearly choke. Her husband is in the Navy so he’s gone a lot… you should read this story of one time her husband was deployed. Hilarious.

4(Tie). Rachelskirts
Rachel is, according to her bio, “22, pirate, college student, not drunk. Fan of oompa loompas, leprechauns, and hobbits. Chocoholic, perfectionist, procrastinator.” She is one of my interweb heroes… she works at a church, where she teaches people Microsoft Word, ogles Cute Tuesday Boy and attempts to eradicate Comic Sans from every flyer that goes out. Sometimes sweet, sometimes sarcastic, always hilarious.

5. It’s 3 O’Clock in the Morning!
My brother! Michael is the only reason my blog functions the way it’s supposed to. No, seriously. He’s a champ. If you contact him, he might help you too, for a reasonable fee. He recently forgot how to blog, but usually he writes about stuff like facial hair my camera and his own cheesy grins, nerdsauce and rants in which he includes the abbreviation “WTPB?” which I can only assume means, “What the Peanut Butter?” He also writes a guest post series over at Rachelskirts called Late Night Tips.

So go check all these peeps out and show them some love… and feel free to add your link love to Brody’s post.