I heard a rumor from David Alan Deaton that the GLCC Alumni board was set to re-open. Supposedly all the retooling has been done, and Tom or Bob only need to post it (or whatever the technical jargon would be).
My initial thought is, "STOP!!!" The message board brought me more frustration than I should have allowed. At the same time it reconnected me to many old friends.
Chi Rho Live probably would not have come to be without it. It also would not have come to be without its closure.
Here are some of the reasons I wish it would stay buried:
1. I have a tendency to spend too much time sifting through its pages.
2. I have a tendency to spend too much emotion reacting to its pages.
3. Short posting (the only kind that get read) is a poor form of communication.
4. That poor communication caused me to struggle maintain the respect I have for many of those involved.
5. My beloved Alma Mater was left to answer for some of the foolishness.
But then here are some of the reasons I'd like to see it resurrected:
1. It provided me with a chance to connect with people like Deaton, Aubrey, Cherene, Mary A., Jillian, Alex, Weasel and many others.
2. It gives me a chance to gain perspectives and information from a niche group quickly and easily.
3. It gave me quick access to technical computer assistance.
4. Entertainment value.
I'd say that the way and amount I was using it was more destructive than productive. But the productive side of it was really nice.
If it were to come back, I'd have make some hard and fast rules about the amount of time spent there. One day a week would suffice. If I could keep to a standard like that, its presence would be great.
What say you?
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With my going back to school and working full-time, I will have to avoid even going to check it out for the time being because I will not have the time to get sucked back in. I miss GLCCalumni and the friends that I communicated with on there more frequently than I do if it did not exist.
I do not miss having to repeat myself over and over because others are trying to put words in my mouth or are refusing to understand me. And maybe I did the same.
I would not be guilty of short posting. I would be guilty of posting to lengthy of posts as to be readable. Just like this one here.
I would probably relegate my activity to topics of interest to me. The difficulty if often my views on these topics gets me branded a heretic. I suppose I would occasionally drop some contextual insights that I have gathered through education and study and that might be all.
Besides, I have too much going on to spend time debating semantics.
I was thinking this morning that if the board was an actual place for ministry resources I might frequent it more.
For example, an exchange of Sermon and Lesson series. Or, have people post their text and general theme and have others post things they have picked up about said sermon over the years - background and context, original language insight, illustrations, etc.
I think it would take a great amount of maturity and humility (something I did not see exhibited on GLCCalumni v.1, a great amount, that is) to post a sermon or lesson series and not debate semantics with someone who immediately jumps all over the particular handling of the text.
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