Comments on: Scot McKnight and the Theology of Twitter

By: markalves

markalves — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:39:31 +0000

Rex's prayer for the busy geek comes to mind: http://www.rexblog.com/2009/11/07/20124

By: Kyle Reed

Kyle Reed — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:05:08 +0000

well according to Mr. Bell, everything is spiritual…I digress though

I actually wrote a post yesterday about twitter strategy ( I had no clue that Scott was writing that post which is really weird because we kind of talked about the same thing on the same day)
Here is the post if interested: http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/twitter-strategy/

But you are right, I get frustrated reading the holy tweets over and over and people expecting you to be holy tweeter.

I do not think we can define a twitter strategy. If we truly believe that twitter is an extension of who we are (I know sounds cheesy) then there is no strategy, we are just being ourselves. Sure there are times when i give links out to my blog because I want people to go and read my post. But most of the time my twitter strategy is to be me, to link to stuff that i am reading, to ask questions that I am asking, to talk to people when I have a question, and to one day be followed by human3rror.

By: Adam_S

Adam_S — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:01:52 +0000

I think we need to be honest and admit that while we share a lot about ourselves on twitter, no one shares everything. We may even go so far as to talk about the fight we had with our wife, but rarely about how badly behaved we were during the fight. And I am not sure we should show everything. We can be honest about ourselves, but honesty does not require a 100% reveal.

By: @billy_johnson

@billy_johnson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:45:53 +0000

I do it to show them everything, the good, the bad and the ugly. (to use a worn cliche!)

By: @billy_johnson

@billy_johnson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:44:56 +0000

One of the main reasons I tweet, blog and facebook is to give the congregation I lead a look into what is going on in my mind all week. Stuff I am reading and processing through. Stuff that is ticking me off. Stuff that is getting me excited. And just stuff. It is me. I use these tools to constantly show myself. That's why I do it.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:18:52 +0000

i think it's a good idea to have a descriptive theology with insights…however…i wouldn't go so far as to develop a prescriptive theology…where we say "as Christians this is how we should be tweeting" …
i use twitter for networking, humor, sharing intel, blogging, and i manage a bunch of twitter accounts for clients. my twitter acount is personal , but includes ministry, business, and other stuff. i do business and ministry with friends and a lot of them are on social networks. i have a lot of non-christian contacts,clients, and friends as well on social networks.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:13:15 +0000

good point

By: dannyjbixby

dannyjbixby — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:27:10 +0000

Agreed

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:26:30 +0000

I don't think the absence of prayer or scripture means that tweets aren't spiritual but at the same time I would say that it is okay to tweet just for fun – even for Pastors. Sometimes having fun is the best way to be salt and light.

By: Elaine Butler

Elaine Butler — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:14:05 +0000

Our goal in life is to glorify God, which is to reveal his character. We are each uniquely designed, and travel a personal path of faith, to accomplish this goal. That means that my process is more important to God's glory than the product (whatever I deem worthy of publishing, doing or promoting of myself). I don't have a problem with people being human in their tweets, as long as we can function in real community, and confess our sins as broadly as we tweet them.