Reading this article about the “Transparent Pastor” got me thinking hard about where the blogging medium and other digital forms of communication “sit” in terms of our sins and transparency.
It’s so easy to hide our true selves online as we can pretty much craft and display anyone we want to be. We can also oversell or undersell our sins in grandiose-type fasion if we’d like.
But how should one go about using their blog to “confess” ones sins publicly? What are the benefits? What are the potential dangers?
I think “context” is probably one of the biggest issues at hand; admitting to your local congregation is different than blogging to the world.
Your thoughts?
[Image from Bass]