The blog is, in some ways, a pretty good mechanism for two way communication. However, one place that it lacks is that the publisher initiates topics, and everyone else generally responds. I would like readers to submit questions and suggestions for topics. I have got plenty issues and topics to cover, but I’d rather cover issues and questions of interest to you. So, please feel free to post any questions related to defending the faith, ethics, philosophy, engaging the culture, etc. as a comment to this or any future post.
Just saw this article and thought you might could expand on the topic. What exactly does this mean on a global scale?
I totally agree with Eric. Yet, I also think chruch members and visitors should be allowed to post thoughts, whether on this blog or a separate message board. It seems kind of elitist at the moment. I mean I understand the need for keeping it in a format so it is easily readable.Also, maybe the church leadership wants to have only certain subjects addressed on this blog, which is understandable. Yet, it would be nice for the church as a whole to be able to post ideas for people to respond to.
Hey Andrew, in due time my friend. That is the nature of the blog – the owner has topic control. But hey look, here are having a conversation. :^)
In the future, visitors will always be able to submit questions and such in forums such as this and Grace Talk. (Honestly, most churchs would NEVER offer an open forum like this to visitors.) For members, we are developing more of an online community for more interaction between the entire church.