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Best of 2009 – Top Stuff on DMDC | dave miers dot com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:55:51 +0000

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By: davemiers

davemiers — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:04:53 +0000

i dunno. it’s one thing for a kid to do that in church – i think it’s another thing altogether to create a culture with a bunch of people doing it!!

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:51:54 +0000

I used to cross stitch in church as a kid. Keeping my hands busy kept my mind focussed. I guess that’s the curse of the modern ages… kids growing up with zero attention span and multitasking so inbuilt that when not multitasking, people can’t (?) focus.

Personally, I think whatever helps someone learn from the sermon, whatever helps them hear what God is saying, is ok as long as it’s not sin, not distracting others and not interfering with their listening to God.

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Break it Down #11 | dave miers dot com — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:29:54 +0000

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By: davemiers

davemiers — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:28:45 +0000

that’s a bad craze!

i wouldn’t worry too much of the 140 characters thing.
if you get to 140 characters – just write another 140.
typically if i were to write a quick reflection on a piece of paper (or on a feedback card) straight after the sermon – it wouldn’t be very long

By: Calum Henderson

Calum Henderson — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:18:22 +0000

Knitting was a big craze at WAC last winter. Like up to 6 people knitting.

I really like the idea of reflecting after the sermon, though would Twitter mean that instead of reflecting on what God has said, you’re concentrating on putting it into 140 characters? What happens if your reflection is longer…

By: davemiers

davemiers — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:13:43 +0000

ps – just in case you were about to take that literally, it was a joke. jokety joke jooooke.

By: davemiers

davemiers — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:12:56 +0000

if you’re wasting time – why not just add in the twitter and waste a little bit more???

By: geoffc

geoffc — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:37:30 +0000

I’m a youtwitface, without the twitter…

By: davemiers

davemiers — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:02:21 +0000

i don’t think knitting is a really good idea during a sermon!!
i think it’s a bit bizarre!

i totally understand the way that people learn etc… ie some people are more able to concentrate by doodling, or fidgeting with something than if they weren’t…

if you’re planning on tweeting a whole bunch of quotes, that’s harder to do afterwards… but if it’s only 1 point or an application – that’s pretty easy to do afterward.

here’s an idea:

maybe during a reflection time after a sermon, you could encourage people to do any number of things:
- read over notes
- write down things that you were encouraged by, or need to take action on
- re-read the passage
- pray
- or… maybe tweeting could be listed as a way of responding?? maybe?? dunno.

what do you think?

By: Calum Henderson

Calum Henderson — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:51:56 +0000

I read the Piper and Harris stuff recently and totally agreed with their arguments, I have seen people doing stuff like knitting during a sermon. But I thinking Tweeting would lead people to be distracted and get caught up trying to make their 140 characters sound awesome.

Maybe a good way to witness, but like Harris said, do it before and after. Maybe more churches can be influential like #MHC.