Tag: social media

  • Facebook Fadeout – Why I deleted Facebook

    Facebook Fadeout – Why I deleted Facebook

    My latest column in the Christian Courier. __________________ So, I’ve done it. My days of posting, commenting, liking, and sharing on Facebook are over. My account has been deleted, the app is gone from my iPhone, and the social media site is almost nowhere in my life. After years of almost daily engagement on Facebook,…

  • Judgment and Grace of Strangers

    Judgment and Grace of Strangers

    But this was the first and only time that someone had called me on it, essentially saying: “Hey man, stop being such an ass. Get off your phone and look at me.”

  • Transparency and Honesty — a little distance goes a long way

    Transparency and Honesty — a little distance goes a long way

    Questions of identity preoccupy us – much more than has ever been the case, historically speaking. This is so on account of the leisure time we are afforded, the levels of wealth we have attained, and the public personas we now necessarily create and craft via our social media profiles. In the contemporary world we…

  • pruning and abiding – learning to live together

    You’ve got to admit that in some ways the bible just wasn’t written for you and me. The prophets weren’t thinking about you and me when they were writing their sermons and denunciations. The Psalmist wasn’t thinking about us when he crafted his poetry and his songs. Even Jesus wasn’t thinking about you or me…