ChristandPopCulture.com – A Theology of Twitter
A very interesting and detailed article was written almost one year ago. I just found this gem and wanted to share it with you. You can read the entire article here.
A few solid quotes from the article:
Twitter provides another opportunity to maintain and encourage community amongst people who they would otherwise not have the opportunity to know.
If there is one thing that has suffered in our age it is relationships. People have very little time to cultivate relationships, share concerns and hopes, and make their needs known. When we do see one another, it’s hard to know what to say, because we simply don’t know where anyone is coming from. Instead, we spend most of our time hanging out, trying to get to that point where we can find some frame of reference or connection.
While we need to acknowledge that a virtual, internet relationship is really no relationship at all, we also need to be honest and acknowledge what can be the real world benefit of knowing, for instance, that I’ve been thinking of doing some freelancing work, playing PS3 a LOT lately, and meditating on the vanity of life. This sort of knowledge makes the conversation a heck of a lot more meaningful and challenging when we come together on the weekend. By knowing what’s happening in one another’s lives, we know how to speak truth to one another, how to pray for one another, and how to serve one another.
Posted on June 9th, 2009, by Anthony Coppedge