The Spiritual Danger of Blogging

All of us who have grown up in rural churches know the spiritual dangers of the "prayer chain." The concept is a good one; when a need arises in the congregation, one member telephones another with the prayer request who then telephones another, who then telephones another, and so forth. And yet, there is the persistent temptation to justify gossip through the guise of a prayer request. "I don't know where this is true or not, and I'm just telling you as a matter of prayer, but I heard Todd and Melba are having problems..."
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The Unbearable Lightness of Blogs

One reason that I've been reluctant to enter the blogosphere is that I am concerned that blog-writing and reading only adds to a bad tendency that we today already have--a fascination with the newest, latest, and most recent. And the newest and latest also often means that which is of only immediate value, that which is passing. That is opposed to that which is enduring, and which has in fact endured and lasted. We write words here which crawl along electronically and leap out through your fingers and eyes to take precious minutes and hours that the Lord has entrusted to us. Could these small things we write really be that important? The rest