For http://www.creonline.co.uk/visitors/news/cre-international-womens-conference-restoring-your-confidence/ event held by Woman Alive at the Christian Resources Exhibition

1. Restoring confidence in the
truths we believe
Dr Bex Lewis
Research Fellow in Social Media and Online
Learning, CODEC, St John’s College, Durham
University; Director, Digital Fingerprint
@drbexl

2. Introducing
Dr Bex Lewis
Research Fellow in Social Media &
Online Learning
CODEC, St John’s College, Durham
Director, Digital Fingerprint
T: @drbexl
F: /drbexl
W: drbexl.co.uk

3. https://www.wordnik.com/words/confidence

4. We all have faith in something. The question isn't
whether people have faith, but what they put their faith
in. The argument that some people have faith and
others don't is a complete lie. An atheist is someone of
tremendous faith. To believe in no supernatural divine
being whatsoever takes a lot of faith.
James Prescott, @JamesPrescott77

5. “No life of faith can be lived privately.
There must be overflow into the lives of
others.” C.S. Lewis
H/T @jaybutcher

6. A good man brings good things out of the good
stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil
things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the
mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Luke 6:45 (New International Version)
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7. "You don't have enough faith," Jesus told them. "I
tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a
mustard seed, you could say to this mountain,
'Move from here to there,' and it would move.
Nothing would be impossible.”
Matthew 17:20 (New Living Translation)
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8. If an alien visited…
… and all they had to see was your Facebook page
… or other ‘public’ profile …
What would their perception of your life be?
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9. God is a communicating God: “In the beginning
was the word, and the word was God…”.
God is extravagant in communication – he is not
a silent God who has to be tempted into
communicating with people.
Rev Prof David Wilkinson
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10. God never told the world to go
to church; but God did tell the
church to go to the world.
Sharon Watkins quoted in Elizabeth Drescher Tweet If You Heart Jesus:
Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation (2011, 108)
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11. For many churchgoing is no longer the ‘cultural norm’. People don’t actively
ignore the church: they don’t even think about it. Matthew 5:13-16 calls us
to be salt and light in the world, and for thousands in the ‘digital age’, that
world includes social networks such Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and
Pinterest. With literally billions in the digital spaces, the online social spaces
presented by churches need to be appealing, welcoming, and not look like
they are just an afterthought: they are now effectively the ‘front door’ to
your church for digital users, and you ignore those spaces at your peril.
http://www.churchgrowthrd.org.uk/blog/churchgrowth/growing_churches_in_the_digital_age
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12. I’m a passionate believer that we need to be
‘incarnational’ in the digital spaces, whether
those are specifically ‘Christian’ spaces or not,
but that we need to understand how to be
‘resident’ in those spaces, rather than merely
‘visiting’ to do a ‘bit of reaching out’.
Bex Lewis, http://www.threadsuk.com/redeeming-culture-in-a-digital-age, May 2015
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13. I think that faith naturally overflows into public life, if it is deep,
mature and confident. (Not over confident which can be
harmful). And if faith is held at that level, it will pervade all our
life, both public and private. Faith can't be kept in a box and
trotted out to suit an occasion. It's something intrinsically
linked to our 'being' that makes us who we are.
Ernie Feasey @minidvr

14. If you have faith, then you live that
faith 24/7. Not something that can
be switched off in differing
contexts.
@MurielSowden

15. How can you separate faith from your public life? Is
private faith true faith? @loulou_uberkirk
If being a Christian is loving God and loving others, even
if I don't announce why I'm doing something, my faith
is unavoidably in *public.* @hstanley_

16. Life’s a Peach and Not an Orange

17. I think we need to look for and experience faith in every walk of
life, whether it be personal, or public. If we don't show it, we
may be denying it to someone else. For some people sadly we
may be the only contact they have with someone of faith. So we
need to share our experiences wherever and whenever we can
without going over the top and coming off as some religious
nutter. (In the nicest possible sense)
Pennie Ley

18. Luke 12, The Voice #Luke2Acts

19. Peter, always the first to speak and act in support of
Jesus, and fearless of making public statements about
his faith, now speaks just as impulsively in denial,
simply to save his own skin. In this moment of danger
he attempts what is ultimately impossible – to stay
faithful only in private.
Maggi Dawn Giving It Up, p193
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20. Relax, enjoy your friends. Enjoy their company along
with the company of Jesus. Point him out, freely,
without fear or intimidation. You’re not responsible to
sell him to them. You’re simply saying what you’ve
seen. You're not the judge. You’re the witness.
Carl Medearis, Spring Harvest 2013

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23. Principles of Good Engagement
• Be interesting
• Be encouraging
• Be active
• Be helpful
• Be authentic
• Just BE…
Partial HT @vahva

25. Luke 9, The Voice

26. With digital technology we need
to cultivate an attitude of respect,
rather than of risk-avoidance. The
digital is a part of our everyday
lives, and it’s not going to go away.
There are huge opportunities
available for those who have
learnt how to be critical,
constructive, and confident
inhabitants of the digital
environment.

28. https://audioboo.fm/boos/1577833-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-digital-disciple-with-changingworship

29. @drbexl @digitalfprint @bigbible
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