tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post7213241930792654521..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Rockstar New Auxiliary BishopPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-39827935383452322852015-09-01T16:57:34.081-05:002015-09-01T16:57:34.081-05:00No, John, it's not you.No, John, it's not you.Kirk Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142889734004402296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-17116103109467262052015-09-01T15:19:13.524-05:002015-09-01T15:19:13.524-05:00I think the new media technology and the FB addict...I think the new media technology and the FB addiction just feeds pride and encourages individual and collective narcissistic conduct. I agree with those comments which reflect the emergence of the sound byte and the shallowness of it all. Perhaps, since I am past 70 and spent most of my life pre-computer and find technology threatening, it is my own resistance to change.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-21220477643936567962015-09-01T11:43:53.951-05:002015-09-01T11:43:53.951-05:00Blogs, online newspapers & periodicals have be...Blogs, online newspapers & periodicals have become passe? Much as I enjoy reading snarky, brilliant short remarks on Twitter, etc. we must not allow ourselves to degenerate into "soundbytes." Sarcasm is home of one-line riposte, but intelligent argument (not the yelling, emotional type) cannot be carried by snippets, scraps and smidgens.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060779600417891751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53467290039748284312015-09-01T08:00:12.213-05:002015-09-01T08:00:12.213-05:00As an outsider, I can only say that the LCMS is tr...As an outsider, I can only say that the LCMS is truly well established in this regard. Worldview Everlasting, Pirate Christian Radio, Boars in the Vineyard, most importantly Issues etc. ... etc! When talking to a - very faithful, incredibly gifted and highly educated - pastor of the SELK here in Germany about such blogs I was answered "but perhaps Germans have different habits in this regard than Americans" ... We definitely have A LOT of ground to cover to get where you already are.<br />Thank you for your work and God's blessings,<br /><br />Alexander SchneiderSaplings School of Treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00558250244586770426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-89353531543765381942015-09-01T06:45:11.732-05:002015-09-01T06:45:11.732-05:00"we have seen how Facebook has been used by s...<i>"we have seen how Facebook has been used by some among us, and we have witnessed the shift from blogs to Twitter and Instagram as technology morphs and changes"</i>...<br /><br />... and degrades communication into euphemistic soundbites designed, like the fifth-column broadcast media news reports, not to exceed the limited attention span of the low-information consumers.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com