The age of telecommunication has taken some amazing strides in my generation. I remember growing up with the 50-foot telephone cord in the kitchen that could stretch to every corner of the house. Then came the answering machine and “cordless” phone. It was always fun to see how far in your front yard that you [...]
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The Most Amazing Medium of Communication
November 5, 2010Categories: Prayer, Social Media
Tags: Communication, Prayer, Social Media
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Twitter Is Not Real
May 20, 2010Don’t get me wrong. I really enjoy using Twitter, and the past two years of “tweeting” has done a lot of good for my soul. But still, Twitter is not real. It is not real for the simple reason that people are very selective on what they choose to tweet, and how many of the [...]
Categories: Social Media, Twitter
Tags: Christianity, Twitter
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Churches, Pay Attention to the Social Media Revolution
May 7, 2010The new Socialnomics video . . .
Categories: Facebook, Social Media, Twitter
Tags: church, Facebook, Social Media, Twitter
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Social Media and the New Frontier for the Local Church
February 13, 2010The videos below are not new but perhaps might be new to some of you. I’m posting them because of their implications for community and church life. The rise of social media/networking cannot be overlooked, both the pros and cons, on the future of the church. If you church is in tune with the socialnomics [...]
Categories: Evangelism, Social Media
Tags: Christianity, church, Evangelism, Social Media, Social Networking
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The Social Media Debate: To Use or Not to Use
November 19, 2008Earlier this morning, I watched a portion of Aaron Marshall’s presentation (via live-streaming) at Southern Seminary entitled “How to Use Social Media for Ministry WITHOUT Overloading, Burning Time, and Losing Your Religion.” In the introduction of his post, Marshall writes, Social Media is said to be the biggest change in communications in the last 50 [...]
Categories: Excerpts, Responses, Social Media
Tags: Aaron Marshall, Facebook, Owen Strachan, Social Media, Twitter
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Why I Use Twitter
November 12, 2008When Twitter first came on the scene, I was really skeptical of this medium (I still have a few reservations). According to the Twitter FAQ page, Twitter is “a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?” [...]
Categories: Blogging, Social Media, Twitter
Tags: Blogging, Networking, Social Media, Twitter
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