Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Justin Lathrop: Using Social Media to Build Connections & Community


Social media became popular in the last decade because of its ability to connect us with others. As Facebook, Twitter, and blogs explode, we marvel at the way we can catch up on old high school friends, keep up with our favorite families who moved from one side of the country to the other, or missionaries who live on the other side of the world.

But something is shifting. Not overnight, but slowly social media is becoming less and less social. It is becoming less about connecting with others and more about promoting ourselves.

It’s easy to let social media play into our sin tendency of assuming the world revolves around us. If it weren’t social media, something else would draw out our narcissism and steal us from being in lifegiving relationships with others.

For Adam and Eve, it was the fruit of a forbidden tree. For us it is many things, social media not excluded.

Social media can be a valuable tool to keep us connected, to share the gospel, to be honest with one another about who we are. So how do we use social media without letting it use us? I have a couple of ideas.  Keep reading

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