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“Jesse has a great mind and a wonderul voice.

Te Church o Facebook

will help all o us understand community in deeper andbetter ways.”

John Ortberg,

author and pastor o Menlo Park Presbyterian Church“Trough rich and compelling narrative, research, and examples, Jesse Rice educates us about the Higher Power behind virtual com-munities like Facebook and inspires us to become better people inthis new era o human connectedness.”

Clara Shih,

creator o Faceconnector and authoro the best-selling book

Te Facebook Era

“Without understanding how technology is reshaping community and relationships we will not be eective leaders. Jesse raises excel-lent observations and provides hopeul ways to respond withoutcheapening what biblical community really is.”

Dan Kimball,

author o

Tey Like Jesus but Not the Church

“Jesse Rice’s poignant thoughts on social networking come asa respected and thoughtul peer and not as someone who simply

signed up or an account in an eort to research his next book. In

Te Church o Facebook

Jesse Rice leads a much-needed conversationon virtual and actual community with wit, wisdom, and brilliantinsight!”

Josh Shipp,

television host and author o

Te een’s Guide to World Domination

“

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addresses the timely issue o how currenttechnology is shaping the nature and quality o our relationships. By integrating the best o social psychology research with understatedtheological reection, Jesse Rice guides us through this conversationin a way that is intensely readable, provocative, and engaging. Withastute analysis and sel-eacing wit, Rice gently helps us explore whatit might mean to make a lie in the way o Jesus amidst the complex-ity and newness o the online social-networking phenomenon.”

Mark Scandrette,

coounder o ReIMAGINE! and author o Soul Grati“Weaving together the rigor o science, the wisdom o religion,and the insights o psychology, Jesse Rice presents an intentional,mindul, and authentic way o using Facebook. I hope that everyoneinvolved in this virtual community reads the book!”

Shauna L. Shapiro,

associate proessorat Santa Clara University and coauthoro

Te Arts and Science o Mindulness

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seems akinto the collision between an immovable object and an unstoppable