Is Facebook good for the soul, or bad? Is our capacity to be electronically tethered 24/7 a spiritual boon or bust? Is a cell-phone, I-Pad, web-world, text-obsessed existence faith-building or faith-toxic? And the answer is yes.
Technology is always a doubled-edged sword, because it reflects the wonder of the imago dei and the wickedness of the fall. The printing press which brought the Bible to the masses did the same for pornography.
I know that the speed of e-communication can lend itself to shortened attention spans and superficial conversations. I am grateful the gospel of John didn’t start, “In the beginning was the tweet…and the tweet became flesh and twittered awhile among us.”
Read the rest here - it's worth it.
My wife just challenged me to a summer without Facebook or Twitter.
I.E. don't use it for any personal use, only ministry when needed for news releases.
Hmmm.... I'm thinking.
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