Do You Twitter? April 15, 2008

I just came out of a very interesting Twitter discussion about worship with some other worship leaders.  A lot of good points were brought up, but I’m not going to talk about those tonight.  Going to mull over them for a while first.  Tonight I’m going to talk about Twitter.

Have you heard of Twitter?  It’s about the coolest thing since sliced bread.  It’s a message program that simply asks the question, “What are you doing?”  You’re allowed 140 characters to answer that question.  That’s all.  And really, isn’t that enough? 

Twitter is a cool way to share with others the simple, everyday things you do.  It’s also a great way to meet & get to know other people who share your interests.  But the best part is that some very interesting ideas are tossed around, explored, etc….all via tweeting (that’s code for talking on twitter lol).  And the best part is that it’s free!

I should just stop now since my little description doesn’t do it any justice.  Check it out for yourself at www.twitter.com .  You can even follow me on Twitter, if you’d like.    I’m adding the link to my sidebar over there ——>.

Guilty April 15, 2008

Do you listen to Christian radio?  I do.  It’s not the only genre of music I listen to, but it’s the majority.  The problem I have with Christian radio is that, like most pop stations, it will play a song into the ground.  You get a good song, like “Open the Eyes of My Heart,” and people connect with it.  Then the song is played 500 times in a one month period & people start to get aggrevated with it.  So songs that we really liked before, we’re just sick of now.

But here’s the kicker….

When one of those over-played songs come on the radio, I roll my eyes and turn it off.  Then I start to feel guilty.  I start thinking, “Hey, the message is still good.  It still says what my heart says.”  So I turn it back on.  Then I remember why I turned it off in the first place.  No matter how good the message is, I’m still sick of the song. 

And that’s okay.  You know, when David was playing the harp for King Saul, I bet he didn’t play the same song over and over again.  And if he did, maybe that played a small part in why Saul decided to kill him.  I’m just saying, is all.