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Kicking the Whine Drinking Habit
Do you get several forwarded emails per day from your friends filled with outrages regarding our “dying” culture? I do. Add to that the myriad of Facebook posts sharing a cleverly worded poem, a scathing video, or someone’s blog about how bad our society has deteriorated. Alarm signals constantly ring through our social media. We “drink” the whine. Then, we get riled up, pass it along to rile others up, and wait for the next one to come that we can share. A lot of whining, but not very effective. I get so tired of receiving those forwarded emails. Rather than passing those emails along, I delete them. I don’t…
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A Heart of Thanksgiving
I love this time of year. I especially love how time turns as we head towards Christmastime. I have especially enjoyed reading the “…thankful for…” tweets and Facebook posts from my friends. Wordless pictures on Instagram simply thanking God for everything filled my days with smiles. God made such creative people! I didn’t do any social media things this year. I decided after last year’s Thanksgiving, to skip it this year. What you need to understand is that I fell into the trap of trying to find the most creative way of communicating my thankfulness for the wrong reason. I saw that I played the part of feeling thankful…
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3 Disturbing Gratitude Trends
It seems like everyone is doing the 30 day Gratitude Challenge. I am all for gratitude, but I am noticing a few trends that make me just a little bit uneasy. Trend #1: “Me-Centric” posts. They may go something like this: Day 1: I am thankful for my… Day 2: I love my… Day 3: I am so grateful to have a … Is it just me, or is this over-focus on “me-centeredness” just another symptom of our self-indulgent society? What if a post went something like this? Day 4: I am thankful for apologizing to a homeless man after I ignored his question and watching God work in both our…
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Some Social Media How-To’s
Recently I attended a workshop by some experts on how to maximize social media. And I'm going to pass along some of the highlights, even though I'm still working to incorporate them (in other words, I'm not yet totally practicing what I preach.)
