Comments on: do you think before you type?

By: "Maggie"

"Maggie" — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:45:10 +0000

This is a great line of thought. I was sent an official prayer request for a hostage situation involving a missionary once. Because it came with formal information, I thought it was safe to post a prayer request about it and BOY, was I wrong. It was not even known that the individuals were necessarily missionaries and could have jeapardized their very lives. I watched the way that fall-out was managed over the net.

I liked this quote above: “When we create a blog we need to decide why are we writing it. If we want to tell our story to the world than we need be honest and write what we feel. If we want to influence people then we do need to choose our words more carefully.”

A mentor once told me that you can be “real” as a leader; you can lead where God is leading. We are not “people pleasers” on the one hand, but on the other hand, we much watch our reputation and character as perceived by others so that we have influence TO lead.

By: mandythompson

mandythompson — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:28:42 +0000

Faith: glad you are here! any friend of Tam’s is a friend of mine.

By: Faith

Faith — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:41:23 +0000

You are very wise. Thanks for posting this!
(I found you through Tam’s blog, in case you’re wondering who on earth this Faith girl is. )

By: “best behavior” « just a girl

“best behavior” « just a girl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:10:00 +0000

[...] to the internet-at-large? i want to continue this whole discussion of what we throw out there (see think before you type to [...]

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:02:02 +0000

This is very interesting. I do think when I type. I in fact cannot stop thinking soooo….That doesn’t mean it is proofed well. God made me a writer so I type what I feel is a message given. That does not mean I am an editor by any means! Also, my purpose for my blog really was to keep a more current update on what is happening ministry wise as well as a therapeutic thing for me to do. It does bother me that lurkers are out there and I do believe that we do have a certain responsibility to keep our families safe too. What I try to portray is a real Christian walk and what that looks like for us. To my greatest surprise and reward this blogging thing has opened up a whole community of neat friendships-which I believe was another topic you had listed but with that I have been blessed and would not have even as much to say if it was not for that. If anything I write or say can be used for the glory of God then so be it, I want everyone to see it. If not then I want it to be tossed in the trash.

I do not think I have been hit either by anything like AP news and the such. It would be interesting to know.
Blessings,
Angela

By: mandythompson

mandythompson — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:15:20 +0000

Nat: NO run-ins? even with that Oprah post a few weeks ago? about floaters? hmmm…. interesting. you must be like Neo in the Matrix, dodging bullets left & right! HA!

By: Natalie Witcher

Natalie Witcher — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:11:09 +0000

I haven’t had any run-ins like you, but still I think about what I’m going to type.

By: mandythompson

mandythompson — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:30:37 +0000

Alece: sounds like you have created some type of line for yourself, it just might not be where others would draw it. still. . . . its scary to be “transparent” and in leadership ministry all at the same time. they say that Pastors’ families live in a fishbowl, with everyone looking in at them… same can be said of Missionary families as well. all eyes on you. but, yes, its important to be realistic, not painting the “lie” that everything is great and perfect all the time. yes.

Love: “Today Jesus might well say what comes out of the fingers defileth the man.” amen, sir. i’ve actually started praying before i get on the internet… praying that my time/thoughts/comments/emails will be glorifying to God…. yep.

Jenny: LOL! your blog is SO random… SO random! always leaves me smiling!

NatJ: lemme know when you meet Nick!

By: Jenny Williams

Jenny Williams — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:03:28 +0000

my blog isn’t that interesting! =)
I have prayed for a long time that the Lord would set a guard over my mouth and keep watch over the door of my lips even with typing. it is crazy to think that we will have to give an account for every idle word. ouch!

By: Natalie Jane

Natalie Jane — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:59:56 +0000

I think that for the most part, I don’t worry about what I write. Sometimes I make cracks about people like Nicholas Cage thinking, “There’s no way he will ever read my blog because I am not even a speck on his windshield”. It’s hard for me to remember that he’s a real person, so my comments aren’t even directed at him, but his public image, so to speak.

I’m sure I would like him in real life.

*You know, of course, that this means the only celebrity I will ever meet will be Nicholas Cage.