Tweet if U ♥ Jesus

07/26/2014

You'll find my latest work on The Narthex, via . Look for more news soon!

Enter the conversation on the changing contours of American Christianity.

05/03/2013

I'm on digital pilgrimage again, Tweet friends. Find me now on FB here! Like you're tweeting hearts out!

Scholar, writer, and public speaker on religion in everyday life, and a professor of Religious Studi

01/05/2013

Insights on how young people in the US are using new media. How does this view mesh with your experience?

A few months ago, my fifteen-year-old sister told me that Snapchat was going to be the next Instagram. Many months before that she told me t…

08/01/2012

Great infographic on church engagement with social media. Sound like your church? http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Churches-and-Social-Media.jpg

07/25/2012

Via , a lovely review of Click2Save: The Digital Ministry Bible from | http://www.buildfaith.org/2012/07/25/ministry-in-the-circle-of-social-networks/

Should the church engage in this new social networking? The church is to help shape the society's narrative in a way that God is made present everywhere. We are called to represent Christ in the world - both real and virtual.

07/10/2012

Getting set to get digitally medieval in the heartland! | http://www.nationalworshipleaderconference.com/2012/01/elizabeth-drescher/

Elizabeth Drescher, PhD, has emerged as a thought leader on the relationship between religious tradition and contemporary, digitally-integrated religious practice. A writer, educator, and public speaker who focuses on the spiritual lives of ordinary believers and seekers today and in the past, Dr. D...

07/10/2012

Zombies, vampires & Mr. Rogers in Kansas. You don't want to miss this! | http://stmaa.net/?q=content/growing-spiritually/formation/adults/bigger-bible-school

The Bigger Bible School is held one week every summer. It provides adults the opportunity to choose from a wide range of classes from light religious topics to a more traditional bible study course. The week-long program conveniently coincides with the children's Bible school, with adult classes goi...

07/03/2012

If I can't be there in person, I'm glad to be in such great virtual company at General Convention!

05/29/2012

Nice review of Tweet If You ♥ Jesus from Dr. Bex Lewis () in the Journal of Religion, Digital Media & Culture

drescher tweet if you heart jesus review

05/21/2012

Hey, Tweeps of Iowa, St. Paul, MN, Chicago, and NYC--thanks for buying a bunch of copies of Tweet If You ♥ Jesus last week! Can't wait to hear what you think!

05/12/2012

Click 2 Save: The Digital Ministry Bible is available for the Nook. Sweeeeet!

Available in: NOOK Book (eBook). Social media provides an opportunity for congregations and religious organizations to open the doors and windows to their common life before people ever encounter them in person. In this digitally-int