A lot of Talk

When someone says something like that it just makes you think if that’s really valid. I mean, this generation is a generation of information and technology. I’m actually commenting this on my blackberry. I think we need to realize that maybe all this blogging and bantering is actually helping people. I can attest to being someone who gets wisdom from blogs and things from my computer and my blackberry. Yes, bantering can be wasteful at times but I truly believe it’s these “issues” that this generation needs to be talking about through these blogs. Kids now a days won’t take the time to have formal meetings they either myspace or text each other, and when you open an avenue to blog issues and topics that stir the mind of a teenager who’s just learning about Jesus Christ, I believe were getting somewhere. I think we’ve been taking action for years, we just need to realize that that’s what we’re doing and build upon it.

The fact that this concern has already come up so many times SHOULD lead to positive change. There are a lot of talkers out there- but there are also a lot of people who have no time for small talk, and they actually want to do something. Bloggers like Anne Jackson are using their blogs as a platform to do something (her “50,000 Shoes in 50 Days” campaign being a good example). Over the past couple of months there have been 13,000 shoes purchased as a result of her blog (at least partly as a result anyways). I wouldn’t have made a donation if I hadn’t heard about it from her blog. This is just one exception, but I think that the tide will continue to shift in a positive direction. There will always be big talkers though…

Is he wrong? Maybe. But likely just misinformed.

Dialog is an integral part of action. It’s internal action. If nobody was talking about it, then there would be a problem to complain about.

It also completely ignores the actions that are being done by good people that he just doens’t see (or want to see).

Personally, I agree with what he said. [I just erased everything else I wrote...] Basically, for the two or three people who are actually making a difference and blogging; there are thousands more who simply trick themselves into thinking that blogging about interesting stuff is the same as going out and making an impact for the cause of Christ. I completely agree with the quote and I am so glad someone said what many have been thinking for a while now. We need to be spending more time in front of a person than we are spending in front of a computer.

… Nick, if someone wants to impact a teenager in today’s society, they shouldn’t blog! They should volunteer at a high school, coach a youth team, spend time in the youth ministry at their church, etc… I get what your saying, I mean I have a blog that is specifically for our youth ministry. But what the students need and crave is a relationship with an adult who both cares for them and knows what it means to live for Jesus.

I digress…

I think perhaps it’s a balancing act. Use your blog for good, to influence. But actually touch people as well.

Someone mentioned Anne Jackson. She writes, she blogs for a purpose and has raised probably over a $100,000 in money for charities, and she also GOES.

I think the point is that if we ONLY talk we have a problem. I would say that this doesn’t just go for those of us engaging via social media but also for our churches as well. It would be like us teaching on evangelism all day but never sharing Christ. It takes both.

Blog less.