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Digital Ministry webcast with Father Robert Barron
DM005 Digital Ministry with Father Robert Barron on the theology of ministering online, how to proclaim the Gospel in a digital age. Recorded live on January 13, 2011. Produced by aNunsLife.org ministry. Be inspired by technology, technique, and theology.
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Guest: Father Robert Barron
Father Robert Barron is a sought-after speaker on the spiritual life-from universities to YouTube to national conferences and private retreats. The Catholic theologian and podcasting priest is one of the world’s great and most innovative teachers of Catholicism. His global media ministry called Word On Fire has a simple but revolutionary mission – to evangelize the culture.
Topic: The sisters talk with Father Barron about WWJD? What would Jesus do given today’s digital technology and media? Does Scripture give us any clues on why or how we might use digital media for the sake of the Gospel? We discuss these topics and more on this episode of Digital Ministry.
Show Notes
- Fr. Barron’s ministry at WordOnFire.org and teaching at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake Mundelein seminary in the Archdiocese of Chicago
- the variety of media that Fr. Barron uses to minister online
- the importance of reading and studying theology and the faith before ministering online
- using other people’s language to communicate the Gospel
- talking about the Gospel to people who are unchurched, or unfamiliar with religion
- like Jesus, hanging out in the “courtyard of the Gentiles,” a place where unbelievers can engage with the Catholic faith
- YouTube and the Internet as a virtual Areopagus (cf: Saint Paul preaching in the Areopagus, Acts 17:16-34)
- how ministering online affects one’s own prayer life
- the influence of Fulton Sheen
- the “YouTube heresies”
- Father Robert’s reviews of the movies Gran Torino and True Grit
- responding to people who show anger in their comments on YouTube or other websites
- thoughts on WWJD — what would Jesus do in today’s digital world
- themes from scripture that can encourage us in our online ministry
- the spiritual needs of people online and adapting to them
- balancing multiple ministry responsibilities and interacting online
- and thoughts on what sermon Fr. Barron would ask Jesus to preach!
Digital Ministry covers a mix of things covering techniques, technology, and theology in order to enhance one’s capacity to do ministry, to witness to the Gospel in every day life on the Internet. The show airs on the second Thursday of the month (today was an exception) from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central Time. Visit the Digital Ministry web page for more information including how to download this podcast after the live broadcast and our full podcast schedule.
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Wow! Thanks for this great interview. I’m actually writing a book on this very topic, which Fr. Barron is contributing to. In his chapter, he covers many of the so-called “YouTube heresies”. Check it out:
http://www.thinveil.net/2010/09/new-book-on-church-and-new-media.html
Thanks for the link, Brandon!