Lendle

Ethical business: Subprime mortgage lenders
A healthy meal: Stadium
nachos
Words of wisdom: Twitter

We don’t often associate social networking with good things. The conventional wisdom,
as it were, is that Twitter, Facebook and the like are engaging and fun, maybe dangerous, and
definitely a big, shallow waste of time.

When it comes to
faith, is there any value? Some point to horror stories of illicit behavior simplified by the
connections it creates. Others point to its effectiveness as a tool for networking Christians
with prayer chains and referrals. But what is really going on here? By now we can acknowledge
that social networking is not going away.

Maybe you have resisted all social
networking, you consider tweeting a frivolous fad and your Facebook account is dusty. Maybe you
post several times a day. In either case, do you understand the power and depth of this new
medium—in community building, spiritual formation, and yes, even evangelism?