In college, it was the class everyone needed, but nobody wanted. “Public Speaking.” We studied great orators and their styles, the basics of preparing a speech, and those all-important points of speaking etiquette that would help us engage our audience while always respecting them, even when we disagreed. And we collected up little 3×5 cards, engraved them with tiny notes, and steeled ourselves for that day that we knew was coming. It was the reason…
Last week Facebook revealed that Cambridge Analytica had mined the data of around 50 million users’ profiles due to Facebook’s lack of security, and its own complicity with Cambridge. But for five days Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook officials were strangely absent from the media. No word on their thoughts, no declaration of alarm, no acceptance of responsibility. And no apology. Quickly the clamor for an apology grew deafening, and angry subscribers starting exiting Facebook.…
Social media is becoming less and less civil, and Christians and churches are not immune. Facebook, for instance, seems to be breeding incivility among siblings in Christ who ignore biblical admonitions to “love one another.” But social media, and FB in particular, is ingrained in society and impossible to extract. And we really don’t need to. In itself, social media is not a bad thing. But I think we need to be proactive in applying…