I have created a page in my space that contains just the blog macro. I then set this page to be my space's default page.
However, there is no navigation available. I would like one of two things:
1) Instead of setting this page to be my space's default page, I'd like to set the "Blog" tab to be the default active tab when users select my space from the dashboard.
2) OR, I'd like to be able to add the "Blog Posts" panel that appears when viewing the "Blog" tab to the custom page I created.
Perhaps there are more creative solutions. As it stands, the blog posts macro is only part of the answer.