Companions,
Alan Roxburgh offers us an important twist on how we think about the use of technology, especially communication technology, in our lives and, indirectly, in worship.
You can read his recent piece, "The Chorus of Voices Screaming to Be Heard" here.
In it, Alan writes:
I thank God for long evenings, tables with great food and good wine, where we can be surprised by conversations, where voices can emerge that take us by surprise and move us to places that we could never imagine in the rush of our self imposed busyness. I love the neighborhood where I can sit down at a table on a front lawn and talk with people, amazed by them and their stories as we encounter one another in the ordinariness of an evening and conversation. Such pleasure in relationships and others far exceeds the superficiality of new technologies and social networking.
There's probably enough just there for a good conversation about the place of social networking in relationships, mission and worship.
But read the whole thing-- and let's see where it takes us.
Peace in Christ,
Taylor Burton-Edwards
2 comments:
We all like to talk... few like to listen.
Social Networking, and even blog comment threads, are a places where people can talk all they want and always have the perception that someone is listening to them.
Most of the time people are reading comments not to listen and take something from them, but instead looking for something else to say or add to the conversation. Once your comment is made, few are listening to what you have said, but are read it with a desire to add their own comment as well.
This is one of the big problems with the emerging movement, everyone wants to add to the conversation and few take from it. The emergents seem as though they would rather talk about listening than actually do it.
Trust me, I see the irony of this comment.
How can we be in mission without relationships. As a pastor it's all about relationships for me; relationships with the community and relationships with the world. Without relationships we cannot be in mission.
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