This document discusses communication and theology. It begins with several passages from the Bible about the Word of God. It then discusses communicating brand identity, the value of social networking for ministry, and guidelines for engaging in social media. The overall message is about using communication tools like social media to spread the gospel and foster community while maintaining principles of openness, generosity and respect.

1. Communication
Theology of
D. Scott Miller
February 2, 2013

2. Coming Up
• Prayer
• Communicating Brand
• Value of Social
Networking

4. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through him, and without him nothing
came to be.

5. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the
light of the human race. The light shines in the darkness, and
the darkness has not overcome it…

6. He was in the world, and the world came to be through him,
but the world did not know him. He came to what was his
own, but his own people did not accept him.

7. But to those who did accept him he gave power to become
children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were
born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a
man’s decision but of God.

8. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth.

10. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through him, and without him nothing
came to be.

11. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the
light of the human race. The light shines in the darkness, and
the darkness has not overcome it…

12. He was in the world, and the world came to be through him,
but the world did not know him. He came to what was his
own, but his own people did not accept him.

13. But to those who did accept him he gave power to become
children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were
born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a
man’s decision but of God.

14. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth.

15. • What word or phrase caught our ears…
caught our hearts?
• How can I relate this passage to my daily
life?
• What might God be asking of me at this
moment?

24. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have
commanded you.

25. Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.

26. Christ has no body but mine,
No hands, no feet on earth but mine,
Mine are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Mine are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Mine are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Mine are the hands, Mine are the feet,
Mine are the eyes, I am his body.
Christ has no body now but mine,
No hands, no feet on earth but Mine,
Mine are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but mine.

27. • What is the biggest block for me
particpating in the contiuum of
God’s communication?
• What is the
biggest block
inviting others?

28. Communicating Brand

29. Communicating Brand

30. Mandatory

31. Freedom

32. Same Old, Same Old /
Surprise

33. Same Old, Same Old

34. Surprise

35. Anger

36. Affirmative Orthodoxy

37. It’s Friday…

38. It’s Friday…
But Sunday is Coming

39. Freedom
Surprise
Affirmative
Sunday
Mandatory
Usual
Anger
Friday

40. • If you came from “outside” what
could you be accused of
communicating?
• Where can you
improve? How?

41. Social Networking

42. Social Networking
Guidelines

43. Social Networking

44. Social Networking
Non-Hierarchical
Not Necessarily
Geographical
Virtual and Personal
Open Source
Generous
Voluntary
Pastor Kieth Anderson
Upper Dublin Lutheran. PA
Multifarious

45. Social Networking

46. Social Networking
These spaces, when
engaged in a wise and
balanced way, help to
foster forms of dialogue
and debate which, if
conducted respectfully
and with concern for
privacy, responsibility and
truthfulness, can reinforce
the bonds of unity
between individuals and
effectively promote the
harmony of the human
family.

47. Social Networking
In social networks,
believers show their
authenticity by sharing the
profound source of their
hope and joy: faith in the
merciful and loving God
revealed in Christ Jesus.
This sharing consists not
only in the explicit
expression of their faith,
but also in their witness,
in the way in which they
communicate (their)
“choices…”

48. Social Networking

49. • How are we incorportating “social
networking” on our ministry? For
young people? For the Church?

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