I sure appreciated this wonderful article by Jonathan Malesic called, “Meet the Twitter account promoting the Gospel, one tweet at a time.”
He really summed up something true when he said, “Twitter is not where you expect to find spiritual comfort. Too often, it is the site for call-outs, pile-ons and racist trolling. But there are also pockets of compassion and inspiration.”
Yep, amen to those “pockets of compassion and inspiration.” I’m always fascinated by questions like, what can the gospel look like on social media and, how can we as Christians learn to use our technology to better love people?
Something that I see as a real winning combination, something that I perceive Jesus Himself to be like, is good humored and irreverent. There are so many people just trying to get through life, just looking for some love and compassion, and then there are so, so many others who don’t really know Jesus, don’t really know the gospel, because all they’ve ever seen is this portrayal of Jesus as kind of a humorless, distant God, demanding unconditional reverence and unquestioning obedience.
We need a few more of these creative people, more kind people, more people bold enough to slay a few sacred cows, people willing to actually be “the church” on social media. It’s a good thing.
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Social media, and Twitter in particular, can be a great thing. The good news is the good news about our Master Jesus is getting out to the world. Sure, you need a thick skin, but Jesus never said it would be easy. Thanks for you witness! It makes a difference.
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Thanks for your kindness, Michael, and for sharing the good news. It really does make a difference.
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Excellent. I tweet my Bible verses from my daily Bible reading daily. I see a ton of positive people and tweets on Twitter. I must be exceptionally blessed by my followers.
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Amen! There are some sparks of light all over the place.!
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“I’m always fascinated by questions like, what can the gospel look like on social media and, how can we as Christians learn to use our technology to better love people?”
Great question! And that this were true of all Christian’s use of social media! I think this is a great case in point for us, as followers of Christ, to leave our obsession with our circumstantially-driven life for one that’s energized and informed by Christ’s life in us. We would then all have a great opportunity to be light in this darkened world.
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There’s some amazing work being done on line Mel, that we don’t often talk about because it isn’t really “newsworthy.” Racism, trolls, political arguments, those tend to get all the attention. But there are other things that just take your breath away, like a bunch of strangers all gathering around to pray for a guy who just lost his father. When strangers have nothing to gain, nothing to lose, they just desire to love others as Christ first loved us, it is a sight to behold. We should see much more of that IRL, on the ground, but hey, baby steps. 🙂
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Amen!
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