The Master’s Table has been on Facebook for a while, but a “Like Box” now appears at the top of the right hand side bar. If you’re on Facebook, click the Like button to get updates on new posts.
Each blog post also has share buttons for Facebook and Twitter, and there are other options such as Print and Email in a pull down menu.
I’m usually not among the first people to embrace a new trend. My wife told me about Facebook two years before I signed up. I wish I had bailed on MySpace sooner. I also like for my blog to feel familiar; I’m annoyed when I visit a site of any kind regularly and it looks different every single time. Find a theme/design that works for you and leave it alone.
That being said, I realize others embrace new trends and technologies more quickly than I do. I added a Tweet feature a few weeks ago at the bottom of each blog post, and a few of my recent posts have been re-tweeted. A few. So, for the convience of my readers and fans (and to possibly attract new ones) several sharing features have been added. At the bottom of each post, buttons appear for twitter and Facebook. There are additional features under the “share” tab for e-mail, print, reddit, digg and StumbleUpon. The number of mobile web devices and those socially networked is ever increasing. The way to reach a mobile broadband world with the Gospel is to use the tools and media they are using.
Read the full story here (CNN). The issue is over Rep John Shimkus (R- IL) posting Bible verses daily on his Twitter account. Political activist Barry Lynn claims that Shimkus tweeting Bible verses is a violation of separation of church and state. My argument is that the only people reading the verses are the 3,000 or so followers who subscribe to receive the tweets. There is no violation here. Hundreds of comments took the same or similar positions, including those of atheists, agnostics, and those simply identifying themselves as non-Christian.
The establishment clause states that Congress shall make no law establishing a religion. Sending personal tweets is not a legislative procedure. Shimkus is also granted the first amendment right to express himself and exercise his religious beliefs freely. Again, he is not quoting the Bible on the floor of Congress but in tweets read by his followers. Does anyone care to weigh in, or is this matter too cut and dried to debate?
We live in what is called the Information Age. Just one generation ago, Americans found out about what happened in the world around them by tuning in to a 30 minute televised news broadcast at 6:30 each evening. Walter Cronkite, who only recently passed away, was the very first news anchor. Today, with broadband mobile devices and public access to high speed Internet, we are never more than a few seconds removed from breaking news that happens anywhere on the globe. There are of course those people that Tweet each individual item they put into their shopping cart, resulting in what the kids call TMI (too much information).
The point is that any data can be accessed instantaneously, and to overlook the potential to share the Gospel would be foolish. I wish to welcome Manchester Baptist Church in Manchester, KY to WordPress. Continue reading
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