Comments on: Ripples of a web presence

By: Janine

Janine — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:28:35 +0000

Thank you Richard! You are most kind.

By: Richard Catterall

Richard Catterall — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:39:14 +0000

If (Janine) you choose to stop, then those already blessed will have been blessed, and some may choose to take over/carry on/do something new; or not. If you choose to continue you may find that it grows/changes/develops into something else entirely. If you explore the distinction between “choice” and “decision” your “but” may change to an “and”. And thank you for the inspiration.

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:01:43 +0000

My parish makes a Lenten Devotional booklet every year. 40 parishioners each take a day of Lenten readings and writes an essay which is put into a booklet form for all to read. I enjoy writing this, and my husband suggested I do so on a daily basis as I read the lectionary anyway. We set up a Google blog. Then the Rector said how great it would be to have a *yearly* devotional. I thought – can I do this for a year? Well, I’ve gone through John, Luke, Mark and now we’re in the midst of Matthew (I tend to focus on the gospel readings). I’m not sure if I’ll keep going after Matthew but … what do I do with the people, all unknown to me, who have become subscribers and are presumably getting something out of it? I’m thinking I will continue, and hopefully what I do will be better informed by the previous thinking. Perhaps not so strangely, I doubt that my subscribers are fellow parishioners Many subscribe via email and I don’t recognize any of the addresses.

By: TheraP

TheraP — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:41:12 +0000

I’ve had the experience, on a political blog, of someone telling me that my writing had affected them in a spiritual way. That the person felt more able to connect with God now. At first I demurred, but the person insisted – no, she credited this to me.

You just never know how or where – on the web or elsewhere – you may make a difference.

Here’s my blog at a political site today. I didn’t plan it to intersect with this post. But in a sense, it does:

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/therap/2009/11/the-great-divide.php

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:16:54 +0000

I totally agree! Twitter has connected me with so many positve and inspirational people! More often than not a someone says something that I needed to hear at the exact right time! It is truly amazing!