Comments on: Innovation3 Gathering: Incarnational Reality http://rhettsmith.com/2009/02/innovation3-gathering-incarnational-reality/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ben Wiles http://rhettsmith.com/2009/02/innovation3-gathering-incarnational-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-5015 Ben Wiles Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:30:36 +0000 http://rhettsmith.com/?p=1794#comment-5015 Rhett, I appreciate your stance on taking online relationships offline. We are using Twitter and Facebook in the church I lead and one of the common concerns among those that don't use them are that they promote isolationism. While I agree that there is some potential danger of that happening, it has not been the norm for our experience. In our church, the people that are Twittering (more than just using Facebook) are having more conversation and are truly experiencing New Testament type community. We tweet the sermons with our church's hashtag (#rol), we tweet prayer requests, we even have some of our twitterers tweeting prayer sessions with each other (gets a little busy at those points). But it also leads to more powerful face to face interaction. It is opening doors to real communication and conversation. And it is creating space for us to live incarnationally in front of those that follow our twitters so we are ready for when people want to ask us about the hope that we have. Thank God for social media! Rhett,

I appreciate your stance on taking online relationships offline. We are using Twitter and Facebook in the church I lead and one of the common concerns among those that don’t use them are that they promote isolationism. While I agree that there is some potential danger of that happening, it has not been the norm for our experience.

In our church, the people that are Twittering (more than just using Facebook) are having more conversation and are truly experiencing New Testament type community. We tweet the sermons with our church’s hashtag (#rol), we tweet prayer requests, we even have some of our twitterers tweeting prayer sessions with each other (gets a little busy at those points).

But it also leads to more powerful face to face interaction. It is opening doors to real communication and conversation. And it is creating space for us to live incarnationally in front of those that follow our twitters so we are ready for when people want to ask us about the hope that we have. Thank God for social media!

]]> By: Jim Gray http://rhettsmith.com/2009/02/innovation3-gathering-incarnational-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-4716 Jim Gray Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:19:59 +0000 http://rhettsmith.com/?p=1794#comment-4716 I've been networking since the day I was born. A couple of years ago I was visiting a church and one of the leaders commented "there's no way a guy this young could know so many people." Twitter/FB etc. have just sped up the process in between. I now use all these resources when we do a conference. Hopefully for His glory. I’ve been networking since the day I was born. A couple of years ago I was visiting a church and one of the leaders commented “there’s no way a guy this young could know so many people.”
Twitter/FB etc. have just sped up the process in between. I now use all these resources when we do a conference. Hopefully for His glory.

]]> By: Rick Smith http://rhettsmith.com/2009/02/innovation3-gathering-incarnational-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-4701 Rick Smith Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:02:36 +0000 http://rhettsmith.com/?p=1794#comment-4701 Rhett, Good stuff man. I agree. It's as if twitter/facebook, etc is helping us to build bridges so that when we do connect in "real life" we aren't that far removed. We've been keeping up with each ohter, so to speak. We have been given people "windows" into our lives. I am so thankful that God has given us to many creative ways to connect with other people. He has created us to be in community with other people, and with all that is provided for us today- no one has an excuse to live on an "island." Love ya man! Thanks for your heart, and all you do for the Kingdom! Rhett,

Good stuff man. I agree. It’s as if twitter/facebook, etc is helping us to build bridges so that when we do connect in “real life” we aren’t that far removed. We’ve been keeping up with each ohter, so to speak.

We have been given people “windows” into our lives. I am so thankful that God has given us to many creative ways to connect with other people. He has created us to be in community with other people, and with all that is provided for us today- no one has an excuse to live on an “island.”

Love ya man! Thanks for your heart, and all you do for the Kingdom!

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