IS THIS REAL-LIFE? ACTORS ON A DIGITAL STAGE
“My cousin John and I sat around my Aunt Debbie’s farm one evening laughing about social media updates when we invented a grand scheme. We were going to make up a person. Not any person, but an extraordinary person named “Renaldo” and try to pass him on to as many Facebook friends as possible. Renaldo was going to churn out the most captivating status updates on planet earth: He would jog up Mount Kilimanjaro on Monday morning, take a flight home, and...
Discipleship Might Be Boring?
Apopular journalist commented recently that, “… in today’s culture, everyoneis a publicist.” In his estimation, social media allows us to release several “press updates” a day detailing our trials or victories to the world. Last week, I wrote about our romance with social media and the temptation of aggrandizing our “digital personas” in a blog titled, “What Would Jesus’ Digital Life Look Like?” http://bit.ly/n76zoL...
What Would Jesus’ “Digital Life” (Facebook and Twitter Updates) Look Like?
I wrote a piece several months ago titled “I Am Not My Facebook Status” where I explored the spiritual side of social media and the easy narcissism brought on by our digital profiles (you can read the full piece here: http://mattlitton.com/2011/02/03/some-thoughts-on-the-spiritual-side-of-social-media-i-am-not-my-facebook-status/). Don’t get me wrong. I think everyone should live an extraordinary life; in fact, if you are truly pursuing God’s call…it...
Are We Tweeting Away the Power of Story?
Confession: I love social media. I am addicted to Facebook and am coming around on the whole Twitter deal. Twitter irritates me a little as a teacher and writer though. Maybe I am just longwinded, but this 140 character rule is bothersome. I worry that Twitter might be impacting a culture of people who already do not listen well. I wonder if we are turning communication exclusively into a consumer transaction. I am concerned that we are reducing the Gospel to a series of powerful...
