Resources: On Social Media as Spiritual Practice

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NOTES from a workshop on using social media as a spiritual practice:

PowerPoint notes from workshop.

pdf notes from workshop.

SOME QUERIES on social media and spiritual practice:

What are the spiritual uses I regularly find for social media?
Can blogging serve as ministry? Rise from worship?
Does the Internet enter into my prayer life, and if so, how?
Does my use of social media benefit my spiritual community/communites? If so, how?

What are the dangers social media pose to faithfulness?
How am I addictive in my own use of social media?
Where do I need more accountability in my use of social media, and to which parts of my faith community/communities?
When and how do I outrun my guide in blogging? And how does that feel different from being faithful when I write?

Beyond the addictive qualities of Facebook’s Upworthy videos and Grumpy Cat memes, I’m aware of the ways my writing can be influenced by my creaturely hope of admiration.

I am aware of a temptation to write what may be reblogged rather than what is deeply true or important, and the temptation to be overly strategic in blogging–thinking of blogging frequency and length in terms of what will drive traffic rather than what is faithful–or, I wonder, is that OK on some level?

To what extent is being strategic around traffic or readership an interference with being spiritually present within the writing, and to what extent is it a different kind of faithfulness?

FURTHER RESOURCES

“I Blog Because I’m Happy, I Blog Because I Care” from John Madsen-Bibeau’s Like it Matters.

John, a friend who is a therapist and UCC minister, ponders these queries.

“12 Pieces of Advice for Quakers on the Internet” from Jon Watts’ blog.

Jon Watts considers ways to make use of the Internet in ministry–and some of the pitfalls.

“What Is a Quaker Ministry? (What Isn’t?)” from Jon Watts.

Jon Watts reflects on his art (music) as ministry, and some of the potential pitfalls in that.

“Writing Out Loud: Blogging as Worship” from the Online Journal of Christian Communication and Culture.

Reflections on blogging as an interactive diary, from humility rather than self-promotion.

“On Writing from a Spiritual Center” from Cat Chapin-Bishop at Quaker Pagan Reflections.

My own reflections on my process when I write from a spiritual center.

“Screen Free Week: Reflections and Next Steps” from Joanna Hoyt at Living as if the Truth Were True.

Quaker Joanna Hoyt on what an annual week without the Internet shows her about her use of it.

“Vi Hart’s Guide to Comments” from Vi Hart’s You Tube Channel.

A humorous look to how we humans respond to online critics.

“Gastblogschaft” from A Heathen’s Day and “Gastblogschaft” from A Pagan Sojourn

Two perspectives on the Heathen/Pagan concept of Gastblogshaft, the mutual hospitality owed between a blogger and a blog’s commenters.

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