Tag: pastoral care

How would we spot a nervous breakdown on Twitter?

  • March 16, 2009 at 8:37 pm

  • With so much of people’s conversations and personalities now available for everyone to see, is there a responsibility on us as users of social media to keep an eye out for others? If the answer is ‘yes’ – as I should hope it is – does that mean that we should also learn to see [...]

Digital mentors as pastoral carers?

  • December 9, 2008 at 1:10 pm

  • I’ve wittered about this before, but I’m still concerned about the dangers of encouraging new people to use social media tools without supplying some sort of pastoral care, or covering some of the social and legal implications that they may encounter. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that most of the time we evangelists [...]

Blogging for the sake of it may be no bad thing

  • October 13, 2008 at 8:00 am

  • Much has been debated about the merits of blogging: as journalism; as a mouthpiece for the masses; as a platform for the literate and illiterate alike. But what about as a therapeutic activity? Or, rather, as a creative outlet for those of us who may sometimes be uncomfortable in traditional social situations? I’m not going [...]