Several years ago, I thought I would try my hand at Twitter (now X). After only a week, I closed my account. It was obvious that Twitter wasn’t for me. My experience with Facebook has proven more enduring. Not long after I became a pastor, I opened an account, but always maintained a love-hate relationship with it. After about seven years, I closed my Facebook … Continue reading How Pastors Can Better Navigate Social Media
When I was in college, I had the opportunity to attend the Urbana Student Missions conference in Urbana, Illinois (now held in St. Louis). Urbana is a tri-annual conference that hosts thousands of students from around the world. This was a great experience and I look back on it with fond memories, however I will never forget how it ended for me. The conference takes … Continue reading Loneliness and the New Year
I have always been a late adaptor when it comes to technology and social media. For example, I waited several years before joining Facebook. When I finally joined back in 2009, one of my college friends joked, “Welcome to 2006, Dan!” Well, after several years of holding out, I finally decided to give another social media sensation a try – Twitter. Someone invited me to … Continue reading Twitter, Social Media, and True Influence
Shepherd the Flock 