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What Would Godly Social Media Look Like?
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I have a love/hate relationship with social media.
Love: I love connecting with friends around the world, and knowing what’s going on in their lives.
Hate: Sometimes it feels about as fun as trying on bathing suits one size too small. I feel not enough.
Why I Unplugged from Social Media
When I first signed up on Facebook, I was an 11-year-old who was just trying to fit in. Over time, I began to feel the need to keep up with whatever’s trending on social media, because I was afraid I'd lose my friends if I didn't.
Living with Cancel Culture as a Christian
For some years now, being on social media has turned me into a just-keep-it-to-myself kind of Christian. I’ve been avoiding talking about things like Christ-centred identity and Biblical marriage because I don’t want risk being labelled.
Why Believe in Jesus?
“You do you!” It’s the popular millennial mantra that is heard echoing across our digital and social media platforms. It centres on you and your feelings. We hear it in songs, movies and poetry across the globe. It has been said that the post-truth culture can be summarised as one that thinks with its feelings. Feelings before fairness. Feelings before others. Feelings before sacrifice. Perhaps most damagingly, feelings before truth.
4 Truths to Guard Your Mind Against Destructive Thoughts
Just a scroll on social media is enough to put our confidence to shame. Even though we know that what we see on social media only displays the “truths” that others wish to portray, sometimes we can’t help but get sucked into its trap.
Let me paint a picture of some of my thoughts when I don’t guard my mind against the destructive nature of social media.
To My Little Girl on International Women’s Day
Today, men and women are elevating the heroic achievements of women, and others are bringing attention to the debate on gender roles and equality. Some will say we’ve made progress, and they will be right. Others will focus on how far we have yet to go, and they will be right too.
When Social Media Determined A Teen’s Death
On 13 May 2019, 16-year-old Davia Emilia from Malaysia posted on social media expressing her weariness at life. Via an Instagram story, she requested that her followers vote on whether she should continue living or die.
Social Media Outage: Can I Survive Without the Internet?
I thought my Facebook account had been hacked when I failed to log on to it this morning.
The disruption was one of Facebook’s most “widespread and persistent system outages”—with the outage stretching beyond 10 hours for some.
Would Jesus Like Your Post On Social Media?
If God were on social media, would He like your post?
I used to take to Instagram daily. I would post a picture with a caption telling my followers what I felt at the moment. I would post sad reflections, happy anecdotes, and even angry rants. It was my way of expressing myself and dealing with boredom and loneliness. I could “talk” to my followers without actually engaging in a conversation or meeting up with anyone.