Ok. For years now, I've resisted blogging. But the time for resistance has come to an end. It's now time to pick up some of these things I've been reluctant to clutter my work time with.
After attending the ELCA's Follow Me conference in Chicago last week, I became very aware that "engaging the conversation" means figuring out how to use these sophisticated social networking tools. Or just sitting around on the sideline and staying outside of some of the many conversations and relationships which are happening among the conversation partners who know how these things work.
All of this might come easily to the generation arriving this week at the university (many of whom were born in 1992), but it has taken me a bit of work to figure all of this out. This weekend I've spent some time poking around in order to renovate and reactivate the Chapel's facebook page, linking it up with a twitter account, and creating this new blog space in which I might begin to post musings, messages, sermons, etc. If I find the nerve! I've been told that all of this is helpful to "engage the conversation." Now, let's see how well it works! Wish me luck!
