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  • The Christian Year and Social Media

    I do love the way that the Christian Year is becoming more important to Christians because of social media.

    When I check my facebook and twitter feeds in a morning I can be pretty sure that there will be something there which relates to what season or more likely what day we have got to in the cycle of faith.

    Today for example, I checked my facebook feed and found a lovely description of St Margaret of Scotland posted by Kirstin Freeman.

    Today is St Margaret’s Feast Day and I can remember a time when most people simply wouldn’t participate in such a festival. Now, if you follow a few Christian bloggers and social media mavens you get little reminders of the heros of faith – comment and pictures and all kinds of good things just arriving before your eyes.

    Passive learning is a big feature of the new knowledge economy. I find it odd that lots of people in the church still don’t get it and still think that learning is about people coming to hear them spout. It can be far more dynamic and far more interesting, even if spouting is still part of what the church has to offer.

6 responses to “Gene Robinson on blogging”

  1. Sarx » Blog Archive » +Gene on blogging

    […] EFORE He preached this AM, Bishop Gene Robinson sat down with the Provost of the Glasgow Cathedral and discussed – among other things, I’m sure – blogging. […]

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  2. Dennis Avatar
    Dennis

    and speaking of blogging about today, Fr. Jonathan (MadPriest) has told us of his journey up to Glasgow to join you today.

    the rest of us are rather jealous and wish that we had been there, too.

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  3. ryan Avatar
    ryan

    Madly, I read the sense of the first sentence as fall into the *arms* of a happy but exhausted provost ,and thought that you had went ahead and posted your suggested personal ad :-).

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  4. chris Avatar
    chris

    Thank you and goodnight! (and no probs on Firefox as far as this is concerned)

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  5. FranIam Avatar
    FranIam

    Brilliant! Looking forward to more, hope you had a great rest after a great day!

    Here via Mad Priest and TheMeThatIsMe, both of whom were right there with you in church. Lucky lads.

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  6. Paul from Toronto Avatar
    Paul from Toronto

    Keep up the good work. I had no problems seeing & hearing +Gene clearly
    using my Firefox browser.

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