For some people in the Body, they are just learning about social networks, others arehitting a point of being burnt out, and worse yet, issues not within our control have caused some interesting reactions to the inability to access social networks (language warning). There’s something up here, and we need to start asking core questions about the “why,” “how,” and “what” of social networks.

I initially had this as a scheduled post here, but caught a small rash of wisdom and put this over on my personal website. Nevertheless, I think that this is a very important topic that not only needs to be brought up, but there needs to be an sizable amount of learning towards the purpose, use, and effectiveness of the Body and social networks. Here’s a snippet:

…When we absolve ourselves to use social networking platforms, as believers we have a responsibility to understand [this point], and then to bend the technology accordingly – as much as possible. And especially if we are leaders, we need to understand the entire scope of the technology – its positive and negative implications – and then react to it accordingly.

This doesn’t mean that we shy away from it, but it does mean that we use wisdom and understanding before advocating it as the best thing since sliced bread. With these social networks comes a very powerful and targeted set of responsibilities; number one being that God has to be very present in our use and demonstration of it…

Read the rest of this post over at my personal site; use your own discretion towards where to place the comments.