Comments on: Streaming Sermons: Point of Connection or Disconnection? http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dewde http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12444 dewde Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:48:32 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12444 BOOM! Headshot. Exactly. Like I told Brett, "I would even argue that how a leader promotes its use would make this debate a non-issue." BOOM! Headshot. Exactly. Like I told Brett, “I would even argue that how a leader promotes its use would make this debate a non-issue.”

]]> By: dewde http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12443 dewde Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:47:38 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12443 "in this case, how leaders promote its use is very important." Awesome, Brett. I would even argue that how a leader promotes its use would make this debate a non-issue. peace | dewde “in this case, how leaders promote its use is very important.”

Awesome, Brett. I would even argue that how a leader promotes its use would make this debate a non-issue.

peace | dewde

]]> By: brett barner http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12442 brett barner Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:16:04 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12442 Yes, this contributes to disconnect. Like any tool, man can use it for good or bad. I feel it all comes down to how a person uses it. I look at podcasting or live-streaming church services being there for those who need it. Kind of like those motorized carts at Walmart. Sure, it'd be fun to hop in and ride around instead of walking, but I don't NEED it, and in the long run of continual usage, it'd probably be a crutch to me. But for those who need it, it's a welcomed tool. Like I said, it's about how you use it, and in this case, how leaders promote its use is very important. Yes, this contributes to disconnect. Like any tool, man can use it for good or bad. I feel it all comes down to how a person uses it.

I look at podcasting or live-streaming church services being there for those who need it. Kind of like those motorized carts at Walmart. Sure, it’d be fun to hop in and ride around instead of walking, but I don’t NEED it, and in the long run of continual usage, it’d probably be a crutch to me. But for those who need it, it’s a welcomed tool.

Like I said, it’s about how you use it, and in this case, how leaders promote its use is very important.

]]> By: Scott Magdalein http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12441 Scott Magdalein Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:53:28 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12441 The tech isn't the problem. The leadership is the problem. If there's disconnectedness among a congregation, it's because the leadership doesn't know how to lead people to manage change without losing their foundation. The tech isn’t the problem. The leadership is the problem. If there’s disconnectedness among a congregation, it’s because the leadership doesn’t know how to lead people to manage change without losing their foundation.

]]> By: Travis Fish http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12440 Travis Fish Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:26:06 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12440 I agree. It definitely does both. It really depends on the church and on the person in particular. I feel like if the church is effective enough in providing a community that it will only provide a connection due to accountability. Great topic! I agree. It definitely does both. It really depends on the church and on the person in particular. I feel like if the church is effective enough in providing a community that it will only provide a connection due to accountability. Great topic!

]]> By: herbhalstead http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12439 herbhalstead Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:02:11 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12439 steal away - then repent LOL steal away – then repent LOL

]]> By: dewde http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12438 dewde Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:49:07 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12438 I agree. But I also recognize that some people are wired differently. For them, being physically present is a catalyst to enhance connectedness beyond its normal capacity. peace | dewde I agree. But I also recognize that some people are wired differently. For them, being physically present is a catalyst to enhance connectedness beyond its normal capacity.

peace | dewde

]]> By: dewde http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12437 dewde Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:47:29 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12437 Comment of the day. Awesome. And I'm stealing the term "screen-to-face", btw. :-) peace | dewde Comment of the day. Awesome. And I’m stealing the term “screen-to-face”, btw.
:-)

peace | dewde

]]> By: dewde http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12436 dewde Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:46:15 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12436 Great points, Stuart. peace | dewde Great points, Stuart.

peace | dewde

]]> By: dannyjbixby http://churchm.ag/streaming-sermons-point-of-connection-or-disconnection/#comment-12435 dannyjbixby Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:37:27 +0000 http://churchdrop.com/?p=433#comment-12435 I look at it a slightly different way, you said "We sacrifice the ability to sit next to each other, breath the same air, and be really present, together, as a body." And I have to ask, is it really the physical proximity which makes us a body? Can't we be physically present at church and be completely isolated? Alone and disconnected in the crowd? What good is physical togetherness by itself? I think for the most part, many of us are present without being present, we're meeting together without meeting together. I look at it a slightly different way, you said “We sacrifice the ability to sit next to each other, breath the same air, and be really present, together, as a body.”

And I have to ask, is it really the physical proximity which makes us a body? Can’t we be physically present at church and be completely isolated? Alone and disconnected in the crowd?

What good is physical togetherness by itself?

I think for the most part, many of us are present without being present, we’re meeting together without meeting together.

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