Comments on: Intro to Tom http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2006/12/06/intro/ let's activate something Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:47:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Lora http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2006/12/06/intro/#comment-237 Lora Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:07:17 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2006/12/06/intro/#comment-237 Thomas, welcome. I don't know if you can really be yourself online; I guess I've never thought much about it. But I do hope you'll stick around, and maybe even post a sermon? Best wishes with everything at Kidron. Thomas, welcome. I don’t know if you can really be yourself online; I guess I’ve never thought much about it. But I do hope you’ll stick around, and maybe even post a sermon? Best wishes with everything at Kidron.

]]> By: TimN http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2006/12/06/intro/#comment-226 TimN Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:02:01 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2006/12/06/intro/#comment-226 Welcome to YAR, Tom. Glad to hear you find what we're writing interesting. I look forward to reading what you have to share. You raise some really interesting questions about what it means to write and interact on-line. Although I don't often think about it, I do probably consciously or unconsciously shape what I write on-line to fit a certain image. On the other hand, a positive way to look at this would be that participating in on-line community draws out different facets of our personality than we might normally share in other parts of life. I've often found that when I write an email to someone I'm able to express things that I might not be able to share in a conversation. For introverts, there's more time to think through words and choose the right ones. Hopefully YAR can be a place to express an authentic part of ourselves and connect with others doing the same. Welcome to YAR, Tom. Glad to hear you find what we’re writing interesting. I look forward to reading what you have to share.

You raise some really interesting questions about what it means to write and interact on-line. Although I don’t often think about it, I do probably consciously or unconsciously shape what I write on-line to fit a certain image.

On the other hand, a positive way to look at this would be that participating in on-line community draws out different facets of our personality than we might normally share in other parts of life. I’ve often found that when I write an email to someone I’m able to express things that I might not be able to share in a conversation. For introverts, there’s more time to think through words and choose the right ones.

Hopefully YAR can be a place to express an authentic part of ourselves and connect with others doing the same.

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