I get asked this all the time. When I decided to do this why I series I knew I wanted to do a post on why I twitter. The brilliant thing is in the past two days 2 people much smart than I have written about this very thing.
3. Helps me be a better writer. I have always been a fan of short – twitter is HNL (wHole Natha Level)
You see, Twitter is one practical illustration of how we’ve moved past the industrial age through the information age to the interconnected age. But, naysayers are still calling it silly and dumb. Hello. Anything can be silly and dumb–depending on how it’s used.
Jennifer Blanchard wrote a great post on how twitter helps you be a better writter. Here is what she had to say on Copyblogger.com.
If you’ve ever used Twitter, you know that you have 140 characters to say whatever you want to say. Now keep in mind, I didn’t say 140 words—or even 140 letters—I said 140 characters.
That’s not a lot of room. Letters, numbers, symbols, punctuation and spaces all count as characters on Twitter.
What all of this means is, you have to be concise. You have to know exactly what you want to say, and say it in as few words as possible.
Many writers, however, are “wordy” and often have long, drawn out descriptions and sentences, so it can be pretty difficult to create a message that’s only 140 characters.
I think most people think funny is something that just happens or is learned by reading some book. My personal opinion is that funny is not easy funny is rare. Funny is a science.
If funny was something that many people possess or understood why would every single person who is looking for a potential mate say that one of must haves is a sense of humor. My theory for the lack of humor in peoples lives lies not in what you say but in what you do not say.
To many people say the first thing that comes to their mind. Bad idea. My good friend Chico describes the art of funny as “The Force” in Star Wars. You have to hone your craft and train your mind.
2. Filter out the stupid thoughts and pick out the gems. (Not easy and the reason most people aren’t funny they surround their gems with forgettable statements that only they find funny)
Some of the funniest people i have met or hope to met someday Mark Schilling our churches Youth Pastor, the aforementioned Chico, the stuff christians like blog guy (the guy is a genius, to reverently mock christian subculture, gotta love it.), and Funny Man Dan whose recent addition to Dave’s blog roll made me think about this post. FMD is a brilliant writer and his blog almost always makes me laugh out loud.
Comedy is not easy, but I guess if it was than everyone would be funny and if everyone was funny I think no one would be funny.
Finally home. Tons of first time guests. Still having lopsided attenance 9am empty vs 11am packed. Need to work on a solution to that#kidmin #
RT @mattmckee: In the middle of #kidmin service. Tweeting on stage talking about distractions and how we should listen to God./// LOL nice! #
#kidmin not good. Had a level 3 predator last Sunday. Thank God for good security! He didn’t even get close,HUGE fan of security! #
Darn weconnect isn’t adding me. I am going to try one more time at the risk of spamming our #kidmin hashtag. #
Dear #24 just in case you haven’t heard you jumped the shark 2 days ago. (Crappy acting + Crappy writing = Crappy show) #
Carl has a chance all #24 characters with a name have a 80% survival rate no names 5% survival rate. #
Lord help me today and everyday to focus on you to trust you and to be motivated not by success or failure but by what moves your heart. #
I am just saying the puppets w/ a blue sash as jesus days are over. But funky out of the box puppet stuff are far from over. #kidmin #
Diff. between a big church and a Mega church is a mega church can receive from more than one person. Great Thought @jimwideman! #
RT @paulbenger The purpose of our salvation is to position & equip us to partner with God in His redemptive mission for the planet. #
This is an online devotional that is two of my favorite things: Simple and Practical. I am using it myself as well as a tool for a Jr. Councilor Discipleship group I am doing. I have been using it for about a week and I love it. I found it on Dave’s blog. (BTW Dave In the name of all that is Holy add FMD to your blogroll already. LOL) Check out examen.me for yourself.
Grouptweet is what we are going to be using to communicate with each-other. I chose grouptweet over facebook because the better sms and some kids are not allowed on facebook. I think the combination of protected updates and grouptweet are the best solution for any small group.
Here is the Logo I created for our kidscamp this year. I am a huge fan of a couple more things. Simple easy design that isn’t clipart. I have a growing list of ministry things that drive me nuts. As you all know I hate flannelgraph Jesus I also hate crappy design. In todays day and age I don’t think there is any excuse for it. I am not a graphic designer I know the basics of Photoshop and Illustrator. I am a self proclaimed Adobe hack. If I can do it you can to. Take the time to make all the print stuff you do for your ministry amazing. I try and use vector files as much as possible thanks to my good friend Gareth have come to love Vector files, but thats me use whatever woorks for you. I buy vector files off of iStockphoto but only after I check out these free sites.
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My name is Sam Luce and I have been the children’s pastor at Redeemer Church in Utica NY for the past 18 years. Currently I am serving as the Pastor of families for all our campuses. This is my personal blog it is focused on leadership, children's ministry and creativity.
Hi my name is Sam Luce and although, I am the Pastor of Families at Redeemer Church everything in this blog is my opinion. And is not necessarily the view of Redeemer Church.
I am a fulltime pastor part time speaker who enjoys speaking and consulting on Leadership, Family ministry, and Children's Ministry