Social Networking

Thursday April 3, 2008 ~ 5 Comments

A few weeks ago I created an account on Facebook. I find the whole concept intriguing.

Today, I have 23 friend requests. I confess I am not sure how people find you on Facebook, but after a couple of weeks of travel, I am planning to figure out more.

What is facinating to me is how diverse the people are who find you. On my list today:

David Fitch, author of the provacative book, The Great Giveaway: Reclaiming the Mission of the Church from Big Business, Parachurch Organizations, Psychotherapy, Consumer Capitalism, and Other Modern Maladies. David and I visited in Chicago and, I think, he gave me a copy there.
Nelson Searcy, author of Launch, a new church planting book and pastor of The Journey in Manhattan. Nelson and I had a good time of fellowship recently at Liberty University.

and, a Reformed University Fellowship campus pastor, a church planter in Australia, a high school student in Georgia, and one of the youth in my church who wrote, "Hey Mr. Stetzer, I really enjoy hearing you preach at our church!" (Mr. Stetzer felt really old when I read that.

So, if you are on Facebook, say, "hello." I will do the same when I figure out how.

Also, the folks at LifeWay have recently helped me to syndicate my blog through Amazon. So, if you take a look at any my books at Amazon, you can see the blog at Amazon. Interesting feature.

By the way, if you ever search for my last name, "Stetzer," on Amazon.com, you might find out that I am not the only Stetzer writing on spiritual issues. But, this author is not related to me.

Posted on April 3, 2008 at 7:28 PM ~ 5 Comments

Tagged with: amazon, facebook

5 Comments

By Billy on April 4, 2008 5:16 AM

Mr. Stetzer, I have family that i don't claim as well.

By Benjamin Potter on April 4, 2008 7:27 AM

I've been searching for Fitch's book for about a year now, but can't seem to find it in brick and mortar stores at all.
What's up with that?

By Art Rogers on April 4, 2008 7:50 AM

Ok, if you think having 23 requests was fun, wait until everyone reads this.

I predict several hundred within days.

Have fun! :)

PS - I sent you a request, just to add to your enjoyment.

By Justin McCain on April 4, 2008 4:12 PM

Dr. Stetzer...several things...first, facebook is social drama...Second, I really enjoyed your presentation today at NOBTS...I especially thank you for calling me out in the crowd...that was priceless! You must have a buzzer on your hip that alerts you every time someone writes your name! thanks again for sharing with us...

By Jack Allen on April 11, 2008 3:38 PM

Dear Mr. Stetzer,

It's one thing to feel old, and quite another to BE old. Believe it or don't, the latter is not at all bad, especially when your students find out you're on Facebook. Then you become "old cool" (pun intended).

Your Facebook dilemma will get worse. First, let's solve your "how to make friends on Facebook" problem. Facebook is intuitively simple. You click, stuff happens. Go into your profile and set everything to tell you everything when anything happens. Facebook claims that "You can change this later," but do not believe that. Anyway, once you've set to be "totally informed" anyone who asks you to be his or her friend will also send you an email that says something like "You have a friend request on Facebook," which means ...
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