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Emerging Voices: The MySpace Cry
By Jeremy | February 21, 2007
The March 2007 issue of Charisma features "The Myspace Cry."
The MySpace Cry By Jeremy Del RÃÂo What does the fact that so many kids share intimacies online say about the church? Jesus once asked His disciples: "'Are you listening to Me? Really listening?'" (Matt. 11:15, The Message). Thousands of teens in our society are asking the same thing, as evidenced by the comments they generate on Web sites such as MySpace, a site designed to help them connect electronically with other young people. Many of their comments are graphic statements about the issues they confront every day: emotional conflicts, relationship dramas, family strife, sexuality, insecurities, purpose. Take the MySpace weblog of Ariel (not her real name), a girl I've known for nine years. We no longer attend the same church, but we've stayed connected through the Internetâ€â€and I know more about her now than I did when I was her youth pastor. Why? Because in the two years since we had regular contact, she's amplified her voice online. Subjects that used to stay hidden she now freely discusses on her personal MySpace Web site.theme 24 ringtone freeringtons sec 30ringtones and 100 wallpapers freefor free cingular 100 ringtonesmidi 24 ringtoneseries 24 ringtones tvringtones movie 300ringtones 3650 Map
Topics: articles, media, myspace | 2 Comments »
February 22nd, 2007 at 8:01 am
Jeremy — truer words could not be spoken. My eyes were opened to the “real stuff” my students were going through .. with myspace. Keeping the stuff you know confidential while continuing to minister is crucial … at least I think so.
Wayne
February 25th, 2007 at 8:56 am
congrads Jeremy, great article!!!!!