[Magdalen] community and the internet

[Susan Hagen]

Technology is just a small part of this but I love what Nadia has to
say about this text:

http://tinyurl.com/m6jpqeq

Susan

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:13 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting timing, Marilyn, because this was actually the focus of my sermon last Sunday in connection with the Gospel. Jesus talks about taking grievances first to the individual, then with a witness from the church, then with several members, etc.  I said Jesus was not talking about using email!
> I've been putting out small fires caused by emails ever since I became interim five months ago, and two weeks ago there was a conflagration, and I'd had it. So I was already planning to address it in terms of its detrimental effect on the church, and I was delighted to see the Gospel passage!
> But for at least the last five years, and especially in churches where I've spent any amount of time, email has caused greater or lesser disruption; some folks have even left over messages, especially messages that are sent out to the entire congregation or an entire committee.
> Technology has provided us with so many ways to avoid actual face-to-face engagement, and as members of the Body of Christ we need to reclaim that engagement.
>
> So, while email and FaceBook can, indeed build community--and this list is a good example of that--it can also destroy community--and at times this list has been a good example of that, as well.
>
>> On Sep 10, 2014, at 12:15 AM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In book group today someone said they wondered if the internet would be the
>>> downfall of community in churches. My response was that it may challenge us
>>> into new ways of understanding and defining community, group,
>>> caring, intimacy, and ministry. I should add knowing to the list. I have
>>> "known" many of you far more years than my current church mates. You all
>>> have ministered to me and prayed for me and mine as I have tried to do for
>>> you.
>>
>>
>> I do not believe the internet is a problem but rather an incredible
>> resource if we meet the challenge of incorporating it into how we do
>> ministry!
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Marilyn Palmero Cepeda
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marilyn Cepeda



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