We live in a world where we have social media friends, the we have close friends. Social media has allowed me to get in touch with people I may never meet face-to-face. My life is richer for those friendships. Yet, they cannot take the place of friendships within a community.
Cartoon of two debating men. One says, “Impressive quote. But that isn’t in the Bible. It’s from Benjamin Franklin.”
Why do we like to debate? What is it about a comment here or there that makes me want to get in the last word? Sometimes, when I am making the case about something, I wonder if what I said was really from the source I thought it was. But nobody wants the facts to get in the way of a good argument, do they?
Yesterday, I got into a Twitter argument with a guy pretending to be a nineteenth century preacher. How silly is that? He’s making accusations as if he is the reincarnation of this evangelist, and I took him seriously. Sometimes my blood boils about the silliest things.
So keep your head out there! Don’t misquote from the Bible and certainly don’t argue with long-dead saints. It’s just not worth it.
I drew this for the March, 2014 Church of God e-newsletter.
Cartoon of a man observing an angry woman on a smart phone. The man says, “Are you in another tweet war with the cross-town church about who will have the better kick-off?”
I drew this for Kidzmatter Magazine.
Cartoon of two men. An older man says, My grandson is on Twitter. Is that a spiritual problem?”
I drew this for the CHOGNews.
Cartoon of two boys and tweeting bird. One boy says, “Hey! can I follow you?”
