{"id":8219,"date":"2012-03-13T08:33:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T13:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=8219"},"modified":"2013-01-01T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T00:11:06","slug":"virtue-in-blogging-like-or-dislike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/virtue-in-blogging-like-or-dislike\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtue in Blogging: Like or Dislike?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The more stink and infighting I hear chirping on the blogosphere, the more I realize the internet is like The Ring<\/em> (a la Lord of the Rings). It seems few can wield it’s power all that well. Good intentions can switch to division and vitriol.<\/p>\n

This is not<\/span> a new sort of problem.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you ever acted differently in your car than you do face-to-face with people? I have. I first time I drove with my husband-to-be, the man truly surprised me. Hallmark placidity turned to zeal and strident use of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

It’s a problem of the flawed human heart. It’s spiritual, not behavioral.<\/p>\n

Something about the material confines of transport too often unleashes something worse than normal in our thoughts and behavior. The internet is the very same way.<\/p>\n

Instead of road rage, we see web rage.<\/strong> Comment sections on many news stories, for instance, are filled with toxic language and malicious conjecture.<\/p>\n

But, this is not the end of the story!<\/strong><\/p>\n

As we pull back and examine ourselves, we feel the call, even the duty, to do better. What may sustain that initial motivation and produce better actions and results is community <\/strong>committed to a higher way.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is where The Spiritual Guidance for Bloggers Project<\/strong> enters the fray. It’s a spot where we agree to virtue over high blog traffic.<\/em><\/strong> It’s not just a place online to thumbs up “like”, but rather a community where we encourage each other to be more personally reflective as we encounter and broach challenging issues.<\/p>\n

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I ask you to be a part of the solution, not the problem of blogosphere rancor.<\/strong> Join at the Facebook community, where resources, support, and hopefully face-to-face gatherings will build better kinds of online interactions.<\/p>\n

I’ll just bring up one more thing, and I ask that you would help me with your prayers and suggestions. I sense the entreaty to assemble a guided prayer retreat day for soul care for the weary blogger <\/strong>(essentially, for Creators & Communicators).\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe toward the end of August. I’m not certain what it would look like, or even if anyone would care to come, but I envision a consecrated time of rest, prayer, fraternity, silence, unplugging, renewal, and vision-casting. Will you help me figure it out?<\/em><\/p>\n

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