In a perfect blog world ChurchCrunch.com and my other blog would speak to all peoples in all circumstances in all cultures in all languages all at the same time.
That’s obviously not possible.
And so one of our goals, collectively, is to find the particular people group online that we feel like we’ve been “called” to engage with. Some feel particularly compelled to blog for the youth, some the singles, some married peoples.
What about the “older” (but wiser) generations?
According the the Pew Internet and American Life Project:
[T]he largest jump in adoption of Internet usage was by users ages 70 and older. Internet penetration among people ages 70 to 74 increased by 19 percentage points from 2005 to 2008. For people 75 and older, the increase was 10 percentage points.
It’s not your job to spread yourself so thin as to be relatively ineffective online, it’s to match who you are, your gifts, your time, and your calling to the people who need it on the web.
Collectively, no one will be “missed” in our effort.
[Just found a great article today about a 67 year old on video… and finding a “cure” for her isolation via CNN]