I took a quick break from ‘twittersphere’ last week, and by quick I mean a couple of hours. By the time I got back to get my daily fix of social media, everything had gone haywire. Funny how fast a fuss kicks off in social media. The whole hullabaloo was some church poster.
Apparently, this had nothing to do with the church embracing the digital world. It was all about what the church had communicated to its congregates via their website.
Content aside, this whole concept of a church having a website, Twitter handle and a Facebook page is very progressive. At least when compared to my village church where communication is still done on the noticeboard or by sending messages to parishioners by word of mouth.
The communication by Mavuno Church on their website inviting youth for sex education went viral. Partly because it had to do with a racy poster. Those who profess to be conservative went ham on poor Mavuno, while those who claim to be ‘with it’ defended it and quickly conjured up some metaphors to do with an ostrich burying its head in the sand to explain the whole thing.
This ostrich analogy always reminds me of a neighbour to a primary school where I studied. Interestingly, the ostriches always raised their heads and chased us around. So this allegation of ostriches always burying their heads in the sand never makes a lot of sense to me. But I digress.
The storm on social media was interesting to read. And the jokes even more hilarious.
Many people were of the opinion that parents are better off sending their children to a church with some questionable poster than to a gospel-themed entertainment gig where strange things happen.
For instance, some of those gigs that end up with more used condoms littered on the ground. Ironically, from the furore on social media and the packed gigs around town, it seems parents have a lot of trust in such gigs.
We live in dangerous times. It is high time parents gained courage and tackled the bull by its horns. No parent wants to talk about sex to their children. One wonders whom parents want to do it.
And while this was going on, Ugandan president was busy signing in to law a Bill on sexual relations. As all these shenanigans go on, Kenyans have forgotten all other problems bedeviling them.
Anyone with an update on the Turkana famine? Nobody. I suspect everyone is interested in the racy church posters or Museveni’s new shocking law.