May 29th, 2009
Tweeting at Church TIME Article
I have found myself spending more and more time telling and selling pastors on the benefits of Twitter. Personally, within the last 6 months, it has become embedded into how I think and communicate throughout the day. One aspect of this, is tweeting while in church. While this TIME article talks about the interactive value to the worship service itself, I have found personal value in tweeting in church:
- I am able to really think about the main point of the message when I process in 140 characters or less
- I don’t take paper notes anymore; tweeting with hashtags keep my notes organized on the internet
- I enjoy seeing other people interact with the same message- I call it an “emotional resonance spectrum” because you get to see what is impacting the congregation
- My personal notes are retrievable by the pastor
- It’s downright fun to let other people know and share what I am hearing and learning
Of course the one downside is I hate the thought that my twitter activity would be a distraction to someone else during the service. Depending on the context I may not tweet.
