The Blogging Church

In this day and age where new social networking sites are popping up left and right, there is one institution that hesitates to take advantage of this aspect of technology: the church. A lot of churches are still hesitant to go into social networking, including setting up blogs, because of a variety of reasons. What a lot of them don’t know is that there are a lot of reasons why they should actually consider taking advantage of this medium. This article explores several reasons why your church should consider setting up a blog.

There are several reasons why it’s important for a church to have blogs. These include:

• Evangelism. A large majority of people make use of the Internet on a regular basis. By setting up a blog, you will be able to have the opportunity to reach out to these people who would otherwise not be able to hear the Good News. You can even get in touch with people from all over the world and not just those who live in your area. At the same time, the blog can also be used to encourage the members of your church to evangelize to the people they encounter in their daily lives.
• Creating an avenue for serious issues to be brought up by people. While it’s important for church members to be open with one another, there are some issues that may be difficult to bring up, even to your spiritual elders, and those who are not members of the church will find it doubly hard to approach a churchgoer regarding their problems. Because the Internet gives a certain degree of anonymity, individuals who are struggling with personal issues will be able to bring these up without fear of castigation while receiving spiritual nourishment and support from their church family. At the same time, it can also be used by the church to approach important issues that can affect the lives of their members.
• Giving opportunities for members of the church to interact. Just about anyone and everyone can participate in the blog. The beauty about the Internet is that it encourages interactivity, so it’s possible to discuss these issues with each other on a neutral ground. Some church members may even be invited to create blog entries and not just the pastors to give these individuals voices in the church.
• Giving announcements about important activities and events in the church. The blog can also serve as an online newsletter where your church can post announcements about important events and activities that your church is involved in.

Having a blog can open several doors to your church that you would otherwise have been aware of. By setting up a blog (and doing proper SEO), you will be able to reach more people and address more issues, allowing your church members to be more interactive and more in tune with each other.

Of an omnipotent and omnipresent can also consider any justice. By not intervening never shows it does not take sides with anyone, so there is no preference. But justice is also not taking sides with all the comfort and apply this to all alike? A being who decides to give everyone the same is like that father who feeds all her children equally, wants the same and can not do enough for each of them the same way. His father is to deliver justice to all their offspring the same care and love itself, without favoritism. And in no way would ever leave them all on their own, without help or protect them. Otherwise not be considered a parent. And if a parent can bring justice to all his children equally, doing everything in its power to do, how is that a powerful being does not?
If your desire is that all souls reach heaven and enjoy eternal life beyond this life, if your message is of love, mercy and pity, if your power allows it to grant this award to all his “children” ¿how is that not? Do you is that not everyone considers their children?

What is god then?

To me, belief in a god is irrelevant if I’m going to find a being who claims to be all powerful and truly do not presume or omnipresence and does not appear when needed. For that, I stay as I am and I assume that my life is my responsibility, what will happen to my shares just for my sake and that the reward or punishment for my actions come from myself as a man, not a being only comes out in the photo and medals hanging around doing nothing.