Back in December I wrote about the nascent movement of progressive Christian bloggers. I thought it was time to check and see if I had identified a sustaining trend, or if it was a flash in the pan. I’m pleased to report that progressive Christian bloggers are finding their niche and their voice not only in the bloggosphere, but in religious and public life. This is indeed a trend.

At the time, I highlighted two new blogs:

Mainstream Baptist by Bruce Prescott is a must-read for crisp and timely analysis of matters of church state separation, among other things. Bruce is a leader in the progressive religious community in taking available technology and applying it to the movement. Bruce has had a regular radio show for some time — and he is now making past interviews available via iPod. Check it out.

Faithforward operated by pastordan of the United Church of Christ (UCC), has a weekly round-up of religion news, as well as essays and links on an eclectic variety of matters of progressive political and religious interest. Faithforward has also become the headquarters for news about the ever-controversial SpongeBob Squarepants.

I also find myself now regularly reading two others:

Jesus Politics by Carlos Stouffer delves deep into Christian notions of social justice from a wide variety of sources.

Chuck Currie is a UCC seminarian who posts up-to-date news about the views and activities of progressive Christians and their institutions.

All four of the above bloggers are members of the recently formed Progressive Christian Bloggers Network, which has a long and growing blogroll.

A multiposter blog for religious progressives of all sorts is The Village Gate (formerly known as The Right Christians).

There are certainly many, many progressive Christian blog sites, as a visit to any of these sites will show. These blogs are windows into the wider progressive religious community and the role they are playing in the national progressive political resurgence. You probably won’t get to see it by reading or watching the national media. But by beginning with these blog sites, you can watch it unfold for yourself, and even find out how to participate.