Twittering the Bible
Posted by Tim Drake
Monday, October 19, 2009 8:04 PM
The inventive continue to come up with new techie ways to spread the Gospel. You can get the Bible on a USB. You can have a verse a day sent to your iPhone or mobile phone. And now, there’s the “Twitter Bible,” which summarizes the over 31,000 verse Bible into nearly 4,000 short-form tweets.
Formally titled “And God Decided to Chill,” the German language book was released at the Frankfurt Book... READ MORE
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Twittering to God
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, August 21, 2009 1:26 PM
The Pope leaves a prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall. (CNS/Reuters)
Reuters reports, “An Israeli university student has opened a Twitter site, twitter.com/thekotel, where prayers can be sent for placement in the crevices of Jerusalem’s Western Wall, a Jewish holy site that faithful believe provides a direct line to the Almighty.”
Tel Aviv resident Alon Nir has been flooded with responses from people taking him up on his offer to relay their “tweets” to... READ MORE
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Tweeting for Vocations
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, June 22, 2009 8:43 AM
Archbishop Eijk of Utrecht. (futurepriests.com)
The Archbishop of Utrecht in the Netherlands has launched a global Twitter campaign for new vocations.
The initiative was inaugurated by FuturePriests.com on Friday to coincide with the start of the Year for Priests, with a call for prayer posted on Twitter by Archbishop Willem Jacobus Eijk.
Said Archbishop Eijk, in a press release posted here on FuturePriests.com:
“The world is in dire need... READ MORE
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