This week I finally got around to joining Shoutlife, a new social networking site for Christians. It's a faith-based version of MySpace, I've been told.

Shoutlife is good marketing tool for authors/writers, music groups/solo artists, and people in general who want to interact with one another.

It's pretty much a no-brainer to join. You just create your profile, pop a photo of yourself in your profile (beware; it posts a GIGANTIC photo), and begin making "friends." You can browse others' profiles and invite like-minded people to be your "friend." You'll also receive many requests from others to be a "friend."

Once you have some friends (and believe me, you'll get a bunch of them the day you join), you can post comments on their profile page, e-mail them via their Shoutlife e-mail, or comment on their blog posts.

Shoutlife gives you a free blog. My Shoutlife blog is my "random thoughts" blog, because I post whatever random thoughts occur to me (rather than mainly sticking with adoption-related themes, as I do here).

Shoutlife also allows you to subscribe to a wide range of discussion groups (there are several adoption groups) and to post bulletins about upcoming events you're involved with.

There's lots to see and do at Shoutlife. Stop by and say hello!