If you look at the Facebook “F” it looks like a Christian cross with the top bent over. This got me thinking about how FB out churches the church in several things and thought we could learn from them.

Facebook Lesson #1: It is all about the life of the participants and not the CEO. 

Facebook Lesson #2: Facebook culture is very open to ‘friending’ new people into their Facebook community.

Facebook Lesson #3: The Facebook community does not have business hours.

Facebook Lesson #4: The Facebook community is eager to share life with one another.

The FB community is excited to share all about their lives (pictures and all) with people. This open channel of sharing has introduced me to many blogs, books, movies, and websites I would have never come across. I know some bemoan the open sharing culture of FB, but I for one see the benefits greatly outweighing the negative.

What the church can learn from this:

The church needs to be more open and sharing with one another. Many times the Church culture limits itself to only discussing spiritual matters and leaves everyday life off to the side. I think the Church would be more spiritually fertile if it allowed some of life’s crap to mix in.   

          Tangible expression of Facebook Lesson #4:

“Sharing is sacred.” needs to be the motto for the 21^st century Church. It doesn’t matter if someone wants to share that they just saw a bird fly by or if they saw a dove descend from heaven. What is important is that they are sharing their life and that is sacred.

Lesson #5 will post January 11^th, 2012