OLD SCHOOL TWEETS, REELS & SNAPS (9 OF 10)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 10:1-20, Ecclesiastes 11:1-10
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Old School Tweets, Reels & Snaps
The Good Life
Tim Badal
Ecclesiastes 10-11
We live in a world where our communication has gotten shorter and shorter. A lot of people say the reason why our attention span for communication has gotten smaller and smaller is the result of social media. In a recent USA Today article, a college girl had a word for her peers. She wrote, "In the age of social media, words matter more than ever." I think there's great truth in that, because we're trying to pack a lot of punch in little packages, in little statements - in little tweets, snaps and reels. The girl continued:
It may be a bit cliche, but I'm going to repeat it anyway. Words are powerful things and we should be careful with how we use them. In an age where people announce major life events like marriage and childbirth to their friends and family in 140 characters or less, it is important for us to remember to make these characters count. As young adults living in the social media age, we should think carefully and critically about everything we write online. Our words are priceless and meaningful, even when stuffed into 140 characters.
If you don't know what she's talking about, 140 characters is the maximum number of letters or spaces allowed in a tweet on Twitter, so you have to pack it all in really, really well. Why do I bring this up? First of all, the truth that we need to be careful how we use our words is going to be seen in our text today. But more importantly, if there was a way for me to describe our text, it's this: these are old school tweets, snaps and reels. These are powerful little statements in little packages.
We talked about this some time ago when we talked about fortune cookie wisdom, where Solomon seemingly bounced from writing in his Ecclesiastes' style to more of the style he used in the book of Proverbs. He gives a multiplicity of statements, altruistic statements in small packages that literally pack a punch.
We're going to go throug ...
The Good Life
Tim Badal
Ecclesiastes 10-11
We live in a world where our communication has gotten shorter and shorter. A lot of people say the reason why our attention span for communication has gotten smaller and smaller is the result of social media. In a recent USA Today article, a college girl had a word for her peers. She wrote, "In the age of social media, words matter more than ever." I think there's great truth in that, because we're trying to pack a lot of punch in little packages, in little statements - in little tweets, snaps and reels. The girl continued:
It may be a bit cliche, but I'm going to repeat it anyway. Words are powerful things and we should be careful with how we use them. In an age where people announce major life events like marriage and childbirth to their friends and family in 140 characters or less, it is important for us to remember to make these characters count. As young adults living in the social media age, we should think carefully and critically about everything we write online. Our words are priceless and meaningful, even when stuffed into 140 characters.
If you don't know what she's talking about, 140 characters is the maximum number of letters or spaces allowed in a tweet on Twitter, so you have to pack it all in really, really well. Why do I bring this up? First of all, the truth that we need to be careful how we use our words is going to be seen in our text today. But more importantly, if there was a way for me to describe our text, it's this: these are old school tweets, snaps and reels. These are powerful little statements in little packages.
We talked about this some time ago when we talked about fortune cookie wisdom, where Solomon seemingly bounced from writing in his Ecclesiastes' style to more of the style he used in the book of Proverbs. He gives a multiplicity of statements, altruistic statements in small packages that literally pack a punch.
We're going to go throug ...
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