The Spiritual Discipline of Twittering
Comments (2) Texting requires more attention than talking. Unless of course you are 8-14 years old; for the rest of us, it can be a consuming task. Thanks to the prolific twittering of @zaibatsu, @DannyTRS, @OneLuvGurl, @holycowcreative, and @espn (to name a few), my LG is experiencing a higher text volume these days.
This caused me to experiment with something recently. I began following @prayingpsalms. @prayingpsalms tweets a verse from a Psalm every hour. I’ve been following for a few weeks and here are my thoughts.
1-I like the regularity. I have started taking the time out to stop, read and pray every hour. I have always gotten a lot out of praying through the Bible. This is a consistent way for me experience this.
2-I enjoy the spiritual distraction. Let me explain. My days tend to get busy. A lot of things are vying for my attention. These tweets catch my attention and give me an excuse to take a break and do something kind of spiritual for a few seconds.
3-They can be redundant. I’m not sure if they recycle the Psalms or if they just tend to sounds alike, but there seems to be a lot of repetition.
4-This is only a small glimpse of what tech-spirituality could be.
Here’s my job for you. Let your brains go crazy. What does the future hold for spirituality?
