Comments on: Web Community with Depth http://kennsarah.net/2003/09/23/web-community-with-depth/ “...and every time she sneezes, I believe it's love... ” Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sean http://kennsarah.net/2003/09/23/web-community-with-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-701 sean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=717#comment-701 Ken I am sending this to the people over my church website, and those involved with my youth project. Thanks Ken

I am sending this to the people over my church website, and those involved with my youth project.

Thanks

]]> By: Scott Greider http://kennsarah.net/2003/09/23/web-community-with-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Scott Greider Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=717#comment-702 Ken, Man, when you're asked to get involved (i.e. TVC website, sermons, etc.), you go for broke! I knew you were the right guy for the job! Keep it up - for not only might there be immediate fruit, but it's tremendously encouraging, too. Scott Ken,

Man, when you’re asked to get involved (i.e. TVC website, sermons, etc.), you go for broke! I knew you were the right guy for the job!

Keep it up – for not only might there be immediate fruit, but it’s tremendously encouraging, too.

Scott

]]> By: Ken Walker http://kennsarah.net/2003/09/23/web-community-with-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Ken Walker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=717#comment-703 Guys, thanks for the encouragement. I'm working on getting together a "Best Practices" document for Christian web communities. I'm hoping that this document will help other Christian organizations start online conversation (like Sean's! :)) and will also act as a roadmap for my work with the Village Church site (for submission to the elders, etc.). It's becoming a surprisingly large undertaking, but I hope to have a good couple of solid pages written in the next week or so. Stay tuned. Guys, thanks for the encouragement. I’m working on getting together a “Best Practices” document for Christian web communities. I’m hoping that this document will help other Christian organizations start online conversation (like Sean’s! :) ) and will also act as a roadmap for my work with the Village Church site (for submission to the elders, etc.). It’s becoming a surprisingly large undertaking, but I hope to have a good couple of solid pages written in the next week or so. Stay tuned.

]]> By: Dale Lature http://kennsarah.net/2003/09/23/web-community-with-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Dale Lature Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=717#comment-704 Ken, A worthy challenge when you say: "I would love to see from Dale a more thorough explanation of how we use the web to connect our stories to the message of the Gospel ". It's more of a mutual call than a "challenge", since you share my interest/call/passion for this. My immediate answer would be: Stay tuned. I have been boning up on some new features involving flash and Weblogs integration into the Old Saint George web, that "Great Good Place for Community and Spiritual Renewal" I have blogged about recently. We definitely have a mission to be a place where stories can be told, read, and encouraged, as well as providing a bricks and mortar place. Dale PS. I will take up your question in the days ahead as certain technical things get finished up, some of which will be the channel through which I will address these questions. Ken,

A worthy challenge when you say: “I would love to see from Dale a more thorough explanation of how we use the web to connect our stories to the message of the Gospel “. It’s more of a mutual call than a “challenge”, since you share my interest/call/passion for this. My immediate answer would be: Stay tuned. I have been boning up on some new features involving flash and Weblogs integration into the Old Saint George web, that “Great Good Place for Community and Spiritual Renewal” I have blogged about recently.

We definitely have a mission to be a place where stories can be told, read, and encouraged, as well as providing a bricks and mortar place.

Dale

PS. I will take up your question in the days ahead as certain technical things get finished up, some of which will be the channel through which I will address these questions.

]]> By: Ken Walker http://kennsarah.net/2003/09/23/web-community-with-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Ken Walker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=717#comment-705 Dale--I'm looking forward to your response. I'm actually making my way through Cluetrain, which I anticipate may shed some light on ideas on the subject as well. The way I'm thinking of this is in narrative. The Alistair Begg quote that I just added to this blog entry would suggest that our "testimonies" are not all-sufficient expressions of our "stories." Sure, we could post all the great ways that our lives have been changed by becoming Christians (because those are real ways that our stories intersect with the message of the Gospel), but these types of presentations almost always seem to come off as a sales pitch: "Receive Jesus Christ today and your life will be changed! Improve your golf swing! Lose weight fast! Act now and receive free Holy Spirit Power stain remover!" Something like that. Not to say that most of these testimonies aren't sincere, but I think that this sort of problem/solution presentation is too simplistic. How can we tell the story of our lives and how it intersects with the Gospel in ways that are...well, believable? :) Dale–I’m looking forward to your response. I’m actually making my way through Cluetrain, which I anticipate may shed some light on ideas on the subject as well.

The way I’m thinking of this is in narrative. The Alistair Begg quote that I just added to this blog entry would suggest that our “testimonies” are not all-sufficient expressions of our “stories.” Sure, we could post all the great ways that our lives have been changed by becoming Christians (because those are real ways that our stories intersect with the message of the Gospel), but these types of presentations almost always seem to come off as a sales pitch:

“Receive Jesus Christ today and your life will be changed! Improve your golf swing! Lose weight fast! Act now and receive free Holy Spirit Power stain remover!” Something like that. Not to say that most of these testimonies aren’t sincere, but I think that this sort of problem/solution presentation is too simplistic.

How can we tell the story of our lives and how it intersects with the Gospel in ways that are…well, believable? :)

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