I often sit and observe with amusement and introspection the effect that social media seems to have on the clergy. Many use it quite well and maintain the attitude of John the Baptist, who said of Jesus, “He must increase, but I must decrease.”
Others, though, seem to have become nothing short of full-tilt ecclesiastical divas.
The pulpit is heady enough. Add to that pulpit a radio ministry, TV program, YouTube channel, videos going viral on Facebook, 100,000 Twitter followers and you have a potential recipe for a head too big to fit into the baptistry.
I recently described it to my church this way: The ministry often becomes just like a Hollywood red carpet, only with a lot more flab. Making that statement (off the cuff, mind you) immediately made my mind start racing with visuals. And so
“Here we are, Karen, at the 39th annual Moses awards. The paparazzi is in place, the red carpet is rolled out, and the church buses are rolling in.”