Twitter

It was wonderful. My life is meaningfully better without it.

The eulogies began when Musk took over. What are we mourning?

Social media platforms are damaging democracy, and it’s not primarily about what speech they do or don’t moderate.

Doing church on social media is not like standing in the public square. It’s more like putting ourselves under a form of sovereignty.

I’ve never read Augustine’s City of God cover to cover. So I joined a Twitter experiment to help me get through it.

I recently read The Circle, Dave Egger’s dystopian novel about a benevolent Internet company that eerily creeps into every aspect of our lives, taking it over, one smiley emoticon at a time. Think about it like this: a company encompasses Facebook, Google, and Amazon, and then it begins to partner with the government.

Guys, I’m in Jerusalem! If you want to have a tweetup, meet me at the well at noon! #COJ1

Do I think we can have a reasoned debate about race, homophobia, and free speech in 140 characters? Do I think that it’s good to get my anxiety and blood pressure bursting from the comment sections? 

If Christian liturgy works on the imagination, so do disordered secular liturgies. Social media—despite its good uses—might be one example.

"Oreon told me she’s praying for you,” my husband, Gary, said in between bites. We were having dinner one night when I was having a particularly stressful time at work. Gary is a pastor at a downtown Chicago church, and Oreon is one of the staff members there. “Why is Oreon praying for me?” I asked. I hadn’t had more than a passing hello with Oreon in weeks. “She saw your Facebook status message,” he said.