'The Social Network'
Cathleen Falsani finds that the movie version of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg misses the very point of the social network: to reconnect with people with whom we already have a relationship.
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Jane Austen wrote the book of Ruth, and other truths I've learned in my first year of Tweeting the Bible
Jana Riess set out a year ago to tweet the Bible, reading the Good Book and summarizing it in 140-character-long humorous commentaries. The project has proved to be fun, racy, messy -- and has connected her with a far-flung community.
Carol Howard Merritt: Social media for social justice
One advocacy organization that works on behalf of its homeless friends finds itself too busy not to tweet.
Carol Howard Merritt: Search committees and Google
What happens if someone on a search committee Googles the name of a candidate who has been attacked by a vicious blogger?
Nick Liao: Hauerwas names friends (and enemies) by name
Piling up Facebook friends seems ridiculous. But “Hannah’s Child” shows that Christians can’t have too many friends.
Who are you without Google?
Texts have the power to change lives. But only if the reader is willing to spend time with them, writes Timothy Larsen.
Plugged in . . . to the future
In the heart of tobacco country, a United Methodist church is helping create a new economic future by providing adult computer training. Some members weren’t sure, but most agreed: It’s exactly what the church should be doing.
Cathy N. Davidson: The fourth great information revolution
We’re good at learning from authority, but how do we learn to question authority? That’s an invaluable skill in this collaborative, Internet age, says a professor of interdisciplinary studies.
The campus at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, N.C. Photo courtesy Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Online and on campus
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary is developing a hybrid model of theological education using technology and on-campus instruction to engage students in new ways.
Robert E. Cooley: The computer will never completely replace the professor
Theological schools must use both sophisticated communication technologies and in-person teaching to effectively train pastors in the 21st century, says the former president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
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