In the last few days there have been terrorist attacks in Maiduguri, Ankara, Istanbul, Brussels.
People from all around the world and all traditions stand in solidarity with those places under attack.
Eternal God
hear the cries of your people
as we stand in solidarity
with those under attack.
Protect the innocent,
comfort the needy,
confound the wicked.
Give strength to the rescuers,
determination to peacemakers,
courage to law-enforcers,
strength to the weary.
Amen.
I wanted to comment on your wiki post, but there is a gremlin preventing me – no box to write in, so no writing!
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This is what I’d have said:
Great clip! A really clear description – can we get it incorporated into an educational package for the church? See http://scotedublogs.wikispaces.com/ for a good example of a wiki in use for over a year.
Yeah. Wikis have huge potential. When I was setting up my church website I sat down and thought:
a) lots of pages
b) easy editing
c) uniform appearance across pages
d) ability to allow some people to (not) edit certain pages
End result was dokuwiki.
The real trouble is still persuading people that they’re capable of contributing…
Yes, it is odd getting people to post on a wiki is very much harder than getting them to post a comment on a blog. Something about a fear of being the authorial voice.
I think that it is fear of being contradicted and corrected, which is a shame, as whenever I post to a wiki, I’m hoping that someone can improve on what I’ve written.
Fabulous video. Thanks for linking it.
I wonder if this is one of the ways we should be trying to respond to the Draft Anglican Covenant.
Wikis are great – look forward to seeing the St Mary’s Wiki developing (and adding to it!)
Thanks for a very clear explanation! Now that I understand how they work, I’ll be raising a discussion on how we might be able to use them on the National Postgraduate Committee of the United Kingdom. They seem a very useful tool for sub-committees which do a lot of work by e-mail.
I had a look at Tim’s church website and looked at the bit with the contributions from the congregation and saw this statement:
‘Please note: the content in this section is contributed by members of the congregation and should not be considered official statements by the Church.’
I am a great fan of wikis for collaborative work, but I think this indicates one of the issues with ‘public’ wikis. These problems tend not occur when wikis are being used for internal usage or for a closed group. Open editing is very attractive but you need some form of management to ensure that defacement doesn’t occur or statements which might be damaging are published.
Also, how do I tell the difference between ‘the Church’ and ‘ members of the congregation’? Are they not the same thing?
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