Comments on: Why your church needs a website, and why its not what you think… http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2007/10/16/why-your-church-needs-a-website-and-why-its-not-what-you-think/ no longer walking away when God opens a door Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bnitz http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2007/10/16/why-your-church-needs-a-website-and-why-its-not-what-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-216 bnitz Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:55:27 +0000 http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2007/10/16/why-your-church-needs-a-website-and-why-its-not-what-you-think/#comment-216 Thank God for using you, the minister and others to save this person but the recent web suicide in FL is a brutal reminder that we all have to remember that there are real people on both ends of the internet cable. I just brought up the website of our very small church, there isn't a church contact number but some of the elder's and members numbers are already easy enough to find. f this were a bigger country, I'm sure they would've already been harassed by prank calls from the 1/10,000 bent on such childish behavior. It's a difficult balance. This economic bubble and collapse is a stark reminder that we shouldn't lose touch with our human and spiritual sides and I'm afraid there will be greater need than ever for Christians to help pull people out of despair and find hope in Christ. Perhaps there is a need for compassionate experts in psychology, digital and linguistic forensics to help find the person on the other end of the wire who needs help. Thank God for using you, the minister and others to save this person but the recent web suicide in FL is a brutal reminder that we all have to remember that there are real people on both ends of the internet cable.

I just brought up the website of our very small church, there isn’t a church contact number but some of the elder’s and members numbers are already easy enough to find. f this were a bigger country, I’m sure they would’ve already been harassed by prank calls from the 1/10,000 bent on such childish behavior. It’s a difficult balance.

This economic bubble and collapse is a stark reminder that we shouldn’t lose touch with our human and spiritual sides and I’m afraid there will be greater need than ever for Christians to help pull people out of despair and find hope in Christ. Perhaps there is a need for compassionate experts in psychology, digital and linguistic forensics to help find the person on the other end of the wire who needs help.

]]> By: » Community Building, when bad stuff happens Inventors Viewpoint: making your ideas real…. http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2007/10/16/why-your-church-needs-a-website-and-why-its-not-what-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-198 » Community Building, when bad stuff happens Inventors Viewpoint: making your ideas real…. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:48:16 +0000 http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2007/10/16/why-your-church-needs-a-website-and-why-its-not-what-you-think/#comment-198 [...] I do find it so very interesting how twitter is abuzz with all of this community stuff, and yet so few seem willing to talk about the potential hazards. Sure, some of it is proprietary for good reason. No one really likes to fess up that with user generated content, occasionally a terrorist will pop up, or that a contributor had things go so far south they are suicidal. Yet, these things can and do happen. The key is having the ducks in a row upfront, such that when bad things happen, there is a game plan in place ahead of time. And yes, that game plan also includes ones staff… a suicidal community member whether successful or not can inflict pretty severe trauma on the part of staffers if they are not prepared ahead of time. Even with preparation, its not so simple. [...] [...] I do find it so very interesting how twitter is abuzz with all of this community stuff, and yet so few seem willing to talk about the potential hazards. Sure, some of it is proprietary for good reason. No one really likes to fess up that with user generated content, occasionally a terrorist will pop up, or that a contributor had things go so far south they are suicidal. Yet, these things can and do happen. The key is having the ducks in a row upfront, such that when bad things happen, there is a game plan in place ahead of time. And yes, that game plan also includes ones staff… a suicidal community member whether successful or not can inflict pretty severe trauma on the part of staffers if they are not prepared ahead of time. Even with preparation, its not so simple. [...]

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