Flashback: American Idol Dialogue
The Need for Dialogue
I’ve always thought we were very fortunate to have a forum via Ninetyandnine and the blogs, but I guess I failed to realize how extensive our need (and want) for dialogue is in the Apostolic/Pentecostal (A/P) community. Over the last two and a half months, however, it’s slowly dawned on me how much we have to say about A/P issues. This realization has been directly proportional to the growing comments on the famous/infamous Apostolic American Idol blog.
A Legend among Blogdom
In a medium where single digit comments are the norm, last week the Idol blog hit a record 34 comments. That’s remarkable for a single blog entry. It goes to show that two and a half months later the entry is still getting hits, probably as a result of the link being forwarded via e-mail.
Synthesis
So what does a whopping 34 comments on an issue two and a half months old say? I think it says we A/Ps really have a lot of questions and need a place to talk things out. Maybe there are no simple answers to the questions this topic has stimulated, but we mustn’t bury our heads in the sand on mixed-opinion issues. When we're confident enough to debate issues in public, we create dialogue that can possibly lead to better understanding of the issue and help us move forward in the right direction. The concept of insisting complex issues stay behind closed doors isn’t practical in this generation. We need discourse and the thought it generates. I think it is great that conversation continues on this topic. Thanks for the dialogue.
I’ve always thought we were very fortunate to have a forum via Ninetyandnine and the blogs, but I guess I failed to realize how extensive our need (and want) for dialogue is in the Apostolic/Pentecostal (A/P) community. Over the last two and a half months, however, it’s slowly dawned on me how much we have to say about A/P issues. This realization has been directly proportional to the growing comments on the famous/infamous Apostolic American Idol blog.
A Legend among Blogdom
In a medium where single digit comments are the norm, last week the Idol blog hit a record 34 comments. That’s remarkable for a single blog entry. It goes to show that two and a half months later the entry is still getting hits, probably as a result of the link being forwarded via e-mail.
Synthesis
So what does a whopping 34 comments on an issue two and a half months old say? I think it says we A/Ps really have a lot of questions and need a place to talk things out. Maybe there are no simple answers to the questions this topic has stimulated, but we mustn’t bury our heads in the sand on mixed-opinion issues. When we're confident enough to debate issues in public, we create dialogue that can possibly lead to better understanding of the issue and help us move forward in the right direction. The concept of insisting complex issues stay behind closed doors isn’t practical in this generation. We need discourse and the thought it generates. I think it is great that conversation continues on this topic. Thanks for the dialogue.
posted by Lee Ann @ 10:54 AM
1 Comments:
At 9:38 AM,
Liz said…
I hope we can continue to have dialogue on issues that are important to us, but without personal attacks on the dialogue-ers and the person who brought all this to light.
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