Comments on: Honesty in Blogging is the Best Policy http://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/ Exploring the Intersection of Web Technology and the Church Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:06:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Blogging: Discernment vs Authenticity - ChurchCrunchhttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-50070 Blogging: Discernment vs Authenticity - ChurchCrunch Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:34 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-50070 [...] I had a blog post the other day that I wanted to personally clarify highlighting honesty as the best policy. [...] [...] I had a blog post the other day that I wanted to personally clarify highlighting honesty as the best policy. [...]

]]> By: dannyjbixbyhttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-50018 dannyjbixby Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:48:26 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-50018 No honest is too honest. Some honest can be too harsh. But I don't think we're really dealing with levels of honesty, you seem to be talking about levels of harshness. We always need to mix in grace with our honesty. It doesn't help to be full of honesty and be a harsh tool about it. That's equally as 'unChristlike' as having no honesty at all. Honestly & gentleness/kindness/etc are not mutually exclusive. No honest is too honest. Some honest can be too harsh. But I don't think we're really dealing with levels of honesty, you seem to be talking about levels of harshness.

We always need to mix in grace with our honesty. It doesn't help to be full of honesty and be a harsh tool about it. That's equally as 'unChristlike' as having no honesty at all.

Honestly & gentleness/kindness/etc are not mutually exclusive.

]]> By: dannyjbixbyhttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-50017 dannyjbixby Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:43:13 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-50017 This video is amazing. There's a good chance that we'll be stealing it for a sermon illustration. Transparency is definitely one of the highest values in social media. Transparency or authenticity should be one of the highest values in our churches too. It's one of the highest values of those we're trying to 'reach'.....they can smell a phony faster than a Digg troll. This video is amazing. There's a good chance that we'll be stealing it for a sermon illustration.

Transparency is definitely one of the highest values in social media.

Transparency or authenticity should be one of the highest values in our churches too.

It's one of the highest values of those we're trying to 'reach'…..they can smell a phony faster than a Digg troll.

]]> By: dannyjbixbyhttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-50016 dannyjbixby Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:39:58 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-50016 +1 +1

]]> By: austinkleehttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-50012 austinklee Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:52:31 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-50012 I don't think its hard to make the leap to spiritual application. The presentation of his message was so straight-forward and honest that for a minute I wanted to buy a stained, used trailer from him. The leap to church is not so hard. How difficult have we made it to understand what we are about? Why can't our churches be that straight-forward? How have we as a church distorted the Gospel message making people guess at what our core message is? Why can't our goal as church communicators be the same as the used trailer seller? "These are mobile homes, not mansions. They come in two pieces. If that's what you're lookin' for; that's what I got." "This is a Church, we don't pretend to be perfect. We believe Jesus died to save us from our sin. If that's what you're lookin' for; that's what we got." Leap made. Not so hard. I don't think its hard to make the leap to spiritual application. The presentation of his message was so straight-forward and honest that for a minute I wanted to buy a stained, used trailer from him.

The leap to church is not so hard. How difficult have we made it to understand what we are about? Why can't our churches be that straight-forward? How have we as a church distorted the Gospel message making people guess at what our core message is?

Why can't our goal as church communicators be the same as the used trailer seller?

"These are mobile homes, not mansions. They come in two pieces. If that's what you're lookin' for; that's what I got."

"This is a Church, we don't pretend to be perfect. We believe Jesus died to save us from our sin. If that's what you're lookin' for; that's what we got."

Leap made. Not so hard.

]]> By: Mike Ellishttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-50011 Mike Ellis Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:46:53 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-50011 I'd give this post 3 thumbs up I I had a 3rd hand. See I'm being honest. I don't have a 3rd hand. I'd give this post 3 thumbs up I I had a 3rd hand. See I'm being honest. I don't have a 3rd hand.

]]> By: Kyle Reedhttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-49980 Kyle Reed Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:34:41 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-49980 I like that last line: "Christian blogs would be more effective if the authors took more time to be honest in God's presence than online. " For some reason it is easier for me to be honest on the blog then with God. It is funny though how we think we know people because of their blog, when really they are just giving us a snap shot of who they are and it can be pretty censored. I like that last line: "Christian blogs would be more effective if the authors took more time to be honest in God's presence than online. "
For some reason it is easier for me to be honest on the blog then with God.

It is funny though how we think we know people because of their blog, when really they are just giving us a snap shot of who they are and it can be pretty censored.

]]> By: Kyle Reedhttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-49978 Kyle Reed Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:32:39 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-49978 Good point here. My push back would be, how honest can we be though? I know if I was completely honest about my feelings and thoughts that people would be hurt, surprised, etc...I guess where I need to draw the line is honesty about myself and not honesty about other people or things (maybe I just answer my own question). I have always been a guy that called a spade a spade, and so sometimes I don't have the best filter. But I am honest about things. How honest is to honest? Good point here.

My push back would be, how honest can we be though? I know if I was completely honest about my feelings and thoughts that people would be hurt, surprised, etc…I guess where I need to draw the line is honesty about myself and not honesty about other people or things (maybe I just answer my own question).
I have always been a guy that called a spade a spade, and so sometimes I don't have the best filter. But I am honest about things.

How honest is to honest?

]]> By: Joyce Harbackhttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-49958 Joyce Harback Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:25:31 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-49958 He's targeting his market and saving himself time. You know exactly what kind of after-sales customer service he's going to provide. Seems an odd and rather long stretch to find a spiritual application here. Every blog, Christian or not, is a censored snapshot, and rightly so. That doesn't mean one is being dishonest. Those who frequently air dirty laundry or open their emotional trench coat are seeking therapy, not transformation. Christian blogs would be more effective if the authors took more time to be honest in God's presence than online. He's targeting his market and saving himself time. You know exactly what kind of after-sales customer service he's going to provide. Seems an odd and rather long stretch to find a spiritual application here.

Every blog, Christian or not, is a censored snapshot, and rightly so. That doesn't mean one is being dishonest. Those who frequently air dirty laundry or open their emotional trench coat are seeking therapy, not transformation. Christian blogs would be more effective if the authors took more time to be honest in God's presence than online.

]]> By: Peter_Phttp://churchcrunch.com/honesty-in-blogging-is-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-49955 Peter_P Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:11:55 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=6926#comment-49955 Honesty has always been the best policy! I LOVE that video! Thanks! Honesty has always been the best policy!

I LOVE that video!

Thanks!

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