It is a helpful exercise to look at tweet stats and clouds of the words I use and the frequency of posts. I think my most common words were #fb, meeting, good, church. Sounds boring, but optimistic.

I think I am the only commenter who wholeheartedly agrees with you. I am not, myself, a twit (my wife might disagree with that statement), but I have many friends who are. It seems to me that the fascination with sharing every bit of minutiae of one’s life keeps one from actually living in the moment. How can you truly experience life when you are preoccupied with using everything that you do as fodder for your next FB status update or tweet? An example: I got together last year with a friend that I hadn’t seen in about seven years. We attended an event in the town where he lives. Instead of reconnecting as old friends, he spent the entire afternoon and evening twittering about the event. Neither of us enjoyed the experience like we could have, because one of us was not fully there.

I guess it all goes back to what is, indeed, “meaningful” as Boyd puts it. What constitutes good fellowship. I’m all for hanging out and being social, don’t get me wrong, but I also do wonder from time to time — and this is a bigger point than Twitter — how those relations and conversations can be best for the kingdom. Maybe a place to start is: what grows the fruit of the spirit? Out of what interactions can peace, love, joy, and hope thrive?

Maybe that’s too ruminative, but you got me thinking. Thanks!