Blog Church
I’ve “reard” (read and heard) lately how Blogs are slowly going away and how people are turning to Twitter and the likes. Sure blogs may go away and so may Twitter eventually but there is something else that is really special about what is happening in these social networks that I think is here to stay.
The other day, I overheard someone taking a shot at the idea of Twitter explaining how “self absorbed” people are these days to think that others want to know that “so and so, is drinking coffee” or has now “decided to go to the bathroom.” It was kind of humorous and all but most of all a total ill informed comment about what is also happening on Twitter and Blogs. I wanted to look at him and say “dude, you obviously don’t get it.”
Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the likes are not only a kind of “play by play” of a person’s life, howbeit stale and exciting as life can be at times, but also a place where community can and is happening. In an interview with Collide Magazine, Carlos Whittaker of Ragamuffinsoul.com said:
I honestly get about two or three emails a day from people thanking me for the community–and not for anything I’m saying anymore, because now people are just talking to each other on [my blog]. It’s like they don’t even care what I have to say, they just want to get in the comments section and find out who’s saying what so they can talk to each other. It’s almost like a church.
There is more community happening in the comment section of some people’s blogs than there are in the homes of some Christians. Maybe that was a low blow, but it’s true. What’s special about social technologies is not the technology itself but what’s happening and can happen within it. There is a “Blog Church” movement happening almost accidentally. It’s a small movement but people are finding friendships, accountability, healing and connection through blogs. In regards to Ragamuffinsoul’s online community, LifeChurch’s Terry Storch commented that
“Your blog is actually like an Internet campus, but it’s not like a campus of another church. It’s its own church, and there’s healing that takes place there. There’s community that takes place there.”
I find this extremely interesting and cool but can’t ignore the burning curiosity of what church goers and some pastors would think about the idea of a kind of “Blog Church.” So, I am going to email this post to some of my closest pastor friends and ask them about what they think about this. I’ll then, with their permission, post their thoughts and we can go from there…
As usual, feel free to comment!!!
Apple’s Mactini
You were expecting a Tablet Macintosh but this is so much better. Check out the Mactini.
Merry Christmas
The Christmas season is especially busy for me and my team. We construct sets, create content, program services, rehearse, coordinate marketing and sleep very little. All in all we totally love the outcomes. So with all that being said, I won’t be blogging much until the new year. Feel free to check back later…Thanks for visiting my little blog and Merry Christmas!
What’s the worst gift you have ever received?
The worst part about getting socks or underwear for Christmas is that there is that awkward moment when you’ve discovered that you just got a package of underwear and you really don’t want to finish unwrapping it and just about the moment you start to tuck it into your little pile of opened gifts someone yells “Hey what did you get?!”
What’s the worst gift you have ever received?
One Christmas my cousin gave me a bag of clearanced Halloween candy.
I am Second
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