I Want to “Be Like Mike” (& Why We Should Be Wary of Celebrity Culture)

I saw Jason Sudekis, one of my favorite SNL personalities, on a talk show wearing some throw-back AJ’s with his suit.  It was pretty stylish.  I’m four-decades in now, so when I say “throw back” Jordan’s – well – it means pretty far back. I went out the next day and found a pair of […]

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 […]

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 […]