

Policing with Embrace: How Officer Norman Loves His Community
North Little Rock’s Officer Tommy Norman practices a type of policing rarely seen on our TV screens.

Loving the Poor: Pics or It Didn’t Happen
Conservative Christians should bring the rich resources of the Church to bear on how marriage and sexuality affect our fragmentation that feeds inequality.

LOL Interwebz: That’s What Unfriends Are For
Statistically, not everyone is going to want to be your friend. The best thing to do is probably just to thank God for the time they were in your life and move on.

Communal Mourning: What Social-Media Grief Says about Us

The Saddest–and Classiest–Soccer Fan
Notice how quickly pain, sadness, and suffering are shared and communicated on our blogs, Facebook feeds, and Twitter streams.

The Tweeting Dead: How an App Forces Us to Acknowledge the Dead
Could post-mortem tweets reshape how we remember the deceased?

The Twitter Disconnect: Why Christians are More Loving in Real Life
Christians seem to have a disconnect between what holiness looks like in everyday life and what it looks like online.

It’s #ManCrushMonday: Can We Redeem Even the Shallowest of Hashtags?
Sure, the guy and girl tagging is shallow and lustful. But can believers come up with better responses than shaking a finger?

A Decade of Wardrobe Malfunctions: Social Media and Pseudo-Adulthood
The ubiquity of social media today, unlike the time of Timberlake’s gaffe, is that all young adults, not simply celebrities, have endless opportunities for their own selfie-inflicted, wardrobe malfunctions.

Snapchat and the Ghost of Communication
“We build relationships just a little bit every day, even if it is only ten seconds at a time.”

Meet the Internet’s Most Hated Typist
Hermelin’s article is an encouragement to look beyond labels, which, more often than not, are tools of dismissal and dehumanization.
ELSEWHERE: Christopher Lasch Wouldn’t Call Narcissism a Millennial Novelty

Shaming Sexists and Racists Online as a Form of Justice?
“It is completely impossible for us to forecast the repercussions of our words, even if we intend those words to promote what we consider to be justice.”

How Concerned Should We Be With How 14-Year-Old Girls Use Technology?
“After reading the Huffington Post piece, your first reaction might be to scoff at Casey’s selfishness and narcissism, or to take steps to ensure that your kids never find out about social media.”
Oswalt’s Revenge: Sammy Rhodes And The Dangers Of Self-Promotion
“Both Oswalt and Rhodes showed a part of their own fears and insecurities on Twitter; so too did their followers, supporters, defenders, and dismissers.”













