I am fascinated by the use of technology in ministry. Technology that has moved from filmstrips to DVDs and blackboards to PowerPoint in one generation. Movies have become visual parables and allow us to explore biblical themes in exciting new ways. We love to e-mail rather than get involved in a prolonged phone conversation. We create Web pages and blogs as a means of communication. All this leaves me in a quandry as to what medium most effectively delivers the message. especially when I don't want to high tech that which should be high touch.
Yet, it is interesting to note that several persons have indicated this blog has touched them and others have noted that they feel that they know me better. By connecting the media of the present with the sacred stories of the past certainly allows us to build a community of disciples of Jesus in a new way. The church has always used the culture as a guide and a format for presenting the gospel. Today, it appears that we need to present and find God in a dot.com world.
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We need to guard against the increasing trend of culture to move us toward a visual history and away from literacy, especially when we consider that our faith is based on a "Book".
Thanks for your comments. They make this experience richer for each of us. I,too,struggle with the return to a visual world without the imagination that is inspired by the written word.
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