Now here’s an email I don’t get every day:
He walks with me and tweets with me
Along life’s narrow way.
He lives, He lives, Salvation to impart!
If you’re interested in following Uncle Karl, you can find him here.
(what) would Barth tweet?
Drawing on recent posts by Halden Doerge, Ben Myers and Carol Howard Merritt, Graham Ford (a pastoral resident at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church (USA) in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania), asks ‘What would Barth tweet?’ He begins:
If Karl Barth rightly claimed that all theological discourse is repetition, then I’d suggest that his Twitter page would be a beautiful, rehashed failure. As the vanguard of the social networking world, Twitter thrives on novelty. As one of the twentieth century’s few great theologians, Barth strove for depth. “The Church Dogmatics” simply would not work in 140 character bites. And yet the rapidly changing nature of communication, virtual and otherwise, requires church and institutional leaders to know what words to speak and how.
Facebook and Twitter 101 for Congregations
A dear colleague of mine, Lynne Baab, will be hosting a webinar on Facebook and Twitter 101 for Congregations, on 22 September 22 (in USA) and 23 September (NZ and Australia). Here’s a description:
[Lynne will] provide an overview of how Facebook and Twitter both work; how groups, such as congregations, can use them; and a discussion of whether we need to be concerned about online relationships replacing face to face relationships. If you’ve been wanting someone to help you evaluate whether or not your congregation should be considering these social networking options, this webinar has been designed just for you.
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