There is no question that face to face fellowship is best, but I personally don’t see Twitter trying to replace that face to face connection. As a community group leader at my church, I use twitter to stay in touch with people who, for the most part, I may not get to interact with during the week for various reasons. This helps me know more about what is happening in their life, and for me, helps me minister to them better, because I do know more details about their life and what has happened to them throughout the week. It’s not replacing my time with them, its connecting me with them when I normally would not have been able to connect with them.

In several instances, Twitter has lead to MORE face to face time with people: maybe my friend just twittered that she is at a coffee shop around the corner – great! I am going to swing by and chat with her for 10 minutes before heading to work!

I also enjoy Twitter for getting out important messages to people, for example, last week I connected a link to a petition to Fight the Freedom of Choice Act that Obama wants to pass removing limits to abortion. Twitter was another way for me to get the word out on this important topic and encourage participation.

I think it’s incredibly wise to evaluate things like Facebook and Twitter, especially as Christians, which is why I appreciate your blog and others who write challenging things about our culture.

I will continue to use Twitter for now, because I do find it to be a great way to stay in touch with people in my community, to learn more about them, to get important messages out to people (maybe even the sermon from my church on Sunday – who sends out the devotionals on twitter!), and even to learn and know more about people who I look up to as leaders – such as Dr. Moore and Dr. Mohler who I thoroughly enjoy following on Twitter.

My coffee choice – oh, yes, I don’t drink coffee . . . doesn’t have to be broadcast any further than I wish it to be.