"It's so easy to use these things." That's what I said in my previous post. I think most churches don't employ these things because they don't use them. If we had the demographics of the churches that use web 2.0 resources, my bet is that they already use them in their regular life. Those who are afraid to use them or feel threatened by them are the ones who don't ever use them.
That's the real key to how you live out your faith journey. You do what you already do, just with a different perspective on life and with a different motivation. Of course, certain activities need to cease once you begin a faith journey, things that are obviously contrary to the Gospel. Web 2.0 resources are do not fall into that category.
Are these things being used for evil? Yep, they sure are. Does that make them inherently evil? Nope. Ever since the first sin in the Garden, humankind has been using that which God created for good for some other selfishly gratifying and sinful purpose.
If we want people to truly live out their faith, why don't we spend more time helping them use their lives for the glory of God. God gave us the creativity and intellect that has developed all that we know and have. Why not give these innovations back to him, a way of living out Romans 12:1-2.
2 comments:
Matt,
FYI
Picked up a copy of Christianity Today (February Issue) and saw an article that reminded me of you. "Sci-Fi's Brave New World"
Technology can help to the extent that it can. Liturgy of the hours on Twitter becomes Twiturgy, which Mr. Walt is doing is one example...but if people who get it don't actually pray with the Hours, it doesn't do much. Technology can only make more things possible for people to respond, live out, do. The person still has to do it, live it, be it.
Gee, that sounded like some advertising campaign.....
weird word verification was: nopropor
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