Yes Brandon! Thanking God for the gift you MUST be to college students! Praying the Lord will bless ya real good 🙂

The third C, "Coordinate" really speak to me. I love how you were able to use FB to galvanize support for Joplin. As I type this, I'm thinking about in 2 weeks my church will host psalmist Alvin Slaughter in a free concert; we certainly have not used the full potential of FB to spread this news.

"Perhaps, though, we aren’t using Facebook to its full potential for maximum Kingdom impact." <– I know I have work to do!
Thanks for the stirring- Bless you Brandon!

i find that fb for me is more relational – and so i keep my connections real there… but twitter i follow complete strangers and things that catch my eye… using it for different purposes i guess :o)

glad to be one of your New Zealand friends! yay for the net!

Thanks so much. These are some of the most encouraging comments I've heard in quite some time! They are some of that "fuel" creative-types need in their tank to keep moving ahead with ideas. (You surely know of which I speak!) I can't tell you how much I appreciate it!

I love that Facebook has let me reconnect with people all over the world I haven't seen since High School/College (and I know many have reconnected with people from further back than that). My fb friends and I have been through weddings, engagements, divorces, graduations, births, deaths, job loss, major illness, promotions…you name it, together. It is amazing to be able to share prayers and encouragement and keep in touch with each other's lives. It has also been fun to see who has remained strong in their faith, and who has entered into a relationship with the Lord since I saw them last. Then I pray I can minister Christ's light & love to those who haven't found it yet. I'll never forget the first time I "visited" (by wall posts/comments/chat) with friends in S. Korea, Italy, India, Kenya & Switzerland all in one 24 hour period — how cool is that?!

On limiting Facebook use, I only accept friends that I actually know "in real life"…but that's still a lot! What helps me have time for those relationships? 1) No longer using games and apps on Facebook; 2) Blocking apps from posting requests in my newsfeed – when a new game or app comes along I just go to my settings and block all requests from that app; 3) Checking Facebook a few times a day, rather than all at once…that way I can get on and spend 2-5 minutes checking my feed/commenting/liking/praying and making a note for myself if I need to spend more time messaging someone later, etc. 4) I read my newsfeed most often on my phone – less temptation to spend extra time. Hint: When I post something on Facebook, I usually don't spend time reading my feed, etc at that time… because for me that seems to be when I get "stuck" there for too long.

What an important ministry "tribe" you have Brandon – Blessings on your work!

Brandon,
I do have deeper conversations on Facebook than Twitter.

Twitter is a place where awesome ideas are shared, then if you click through to the blog post, then you get a bit more personal.