guarding against blogging's terrible temptation to our egos

i came across this 3/5/11 post by austin ivereigh on the vaticans' blogger meeting - via a retweet by the churchmouse of a tweet by austeni 


my summary of the post using (mostly) his words is below.








- the catholic (indeed i'd suggest most christian denomination's) blogosphere can be a little self-obsessed and sectarian;


- the freedom of the medium, according to the the anchoress "is both a gift and a terrible temptation to our egos, a force for disorientation and therefore a true battleground for souls."  


- according to Vatican spokesman fr federico lombardi SJ t the ego was "a significant but problematic element in the life of bloggers".  he then suggests using the notion of service as a way of acting against it.  


the post had 2 conclusions


1) recognition of the blogosphere's growing importance to the church;


2) a need for a sense of responsibility that goes along with power. 


(picture by Bindalfrodo)