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Scripture for E-Mail, Blogs, Twitter and Facebook
We've all sent an e-mail and forgotten to include the attachment we promise. But have you ever sent the wrong e-mail to the wrong person? Slate's Michael Agger has an interesting article "Can't Believe I Just Sent That" which describes a few e-mail horror stories and the fact that Gmail has recently announced an "unsend" feature that gives you an extra 5 seconds to rethink what you wrote.
This reminded me of James 1:19 that encourages us to be "slow to speak" in our conversations. It got me thinking how a certain passages of scripture, (with a few added phrases for our new electronic forms of communication), could be useful to inform our e-mailing, blogging, tweeting and Facebooking. A few suggestions with new words in italics:
Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O Lord, over my keyboard;keep wat
Set a guard, O Lord, over my keyboard;keep wat
ch over the door of my send button!
James 1:19
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to read, slow to reply all, slow to click send.
Proverbs 10:19
When blogging is abundant, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his keyboard is prudent.
Proverbs 12:18
There is one whose comments on blogs are like sword thrusts, but the comments of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 14:7
Don't follow the Twitter feed of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
Proverbs 12:23
A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the Twitter feed of fools proclaims folly.
Proverbs 13:20
Whoever "friends" the wise becomes wise, but the Facebook-friend of fools will suffer harm.
Have any of your own suggestions? Feel free to leave it in the comments. And let's all try to grow in applying the wisdom of God's word to our cyber-space activity.
Posted by on April 6, 2009
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Other good thoughts on the distractions of the internet:
From Girl Talk
I recommend the whole series by Girl Talk on mothering young children (of which these two posts are a part).
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