A few posts I began reading this morning,  prompted by a Twitter link from Dave Winer,  who is one of , if not THE “Blogging Godfather(s)” to me,  as I cut my blogging teeth on his Radio Userland blogging and RSS software.  Dave linked to a post by Matthew Ingram who wrote wistfully of the “unedited voice of a person” which was something much more prevalent than it is now just a few years ago (not so much absent now,  but something has been sapped from the aura of energy that attracted an engaging and energetic and passionate, loyal audience.

It also pains me that there never seems to have arisen a voice from within the church communications community that speaks out passionately for the importance of “writing for the Web”,  or even pursuing much theological reflection on what Social Media offers,  is becoming,  or what it could be.

Much of the “Church Tech” world is lacking in theological reflection on what makes for “good Web” and “effective Social Media”.  And much of this is caused by the forces affecting the “Indie” attributes and origins of the Web and blogging which Dan Gillmor, Matthew Ingram,  Anil Dash, and Dave Winer talk about in today’s “what happened to the Web?” reflections above.  This theological reflection has a lot in common with these “Indie” visions for the Web,  and seeks to help us move beyond mimicking the style and aims of the business world when it comes to Social Media and the Web, and ask theological questions about what kind of Web and what kind of Social Media we should be seeking.