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Community Organizer+Grasp of Web 2.0/Social Media=President Elect Obama

by Rhett Smith on November 6, 2008

Last April April 10, 2008: That is the date I wrote my post regarding an interview with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt and the authors of Millenial Makeover: MySpace, You Tube, and the Future of American Politics. There were tons of points that the authors made that day, but three continue to stick out [...]

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Exposing Ugly: Twitter and Facebook Status Updates on Election Night

by Rhett Smith on November 6, 2008

Wow! Watching history being made with @h_smith. Remarkable. 07:06 PM November 04, 2008 from txt That was my Tweet that I texted from my phone when I found out Barack Obama won the election. That Tweet was delivered from Twitter, to Facebook, automatically updating my Facebook status…just like all my Twitters do. Getting Nasty Seems [...]

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My Prayer Last Night in 140 Characters or Less

by Rhett Smith on November 5, 2008

My prayer on Twitter last night. My prayer is that we would keep the new leaders in our prayers..that we would walk and serve humbly..and that we build up and not tear down

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Forgivess is Hard to Come by and Judgment Abounds in This Political Season

by Rhett Smith on September 5, 2008

Political seasons can be rough at times because nothing seems to bring up more debate than our political beliefs, and often our theological beliefs which we often see as closely related or intend to integrate. I’ve become very disullisioned at times with the political process and the malicious 24 hour news cycle that accompanies it. [...]

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Donald Miller’s Pre-Benediction Interview with Christianity Today

by Rhett Smith on August 28, 2008

I found this video of Donald Miller’s pre-benediction video over at Brian Kiley’s blog. The video is done by Sarah Pulliam for Christianity Today. Good video. Curious what you think? I hesitate to get into politics because it never seems to turn out well…conversationally speaking with many people. When Donald Miller came to our college [...]

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Great interview on the Millenials

by Rhett Smith on April 9, 2008

Hugh Hewitt had a great interview today about the Millenials and how they are changing the face of politics for generations to come. I tried for several posts last month to try and capture why this generation was voting for Obama, and I gave non-political reasons. I couldn’t quite do the justice that the authors [...]

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