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		<title>When My Pastor Said &#8220;Follow Jesus&#8221;, Did He Mean on Social Media?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Brennan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At church, my pastor, David Chadwick, was giving his awesome sermon and he was talking about &#8220;following Jesus&#8221;. Leave it to me, being so actively involved in the social media world, to think to myself, If Jesus were on social media or had a blog and he showed up in my newsfeed, what would that be like? I&#8217;m pretty sure this is not what David meant when he said &#8220;follow&#8221; Jesus, but it really got me thinking. I began to think about the people I &#8220;follow&#8221; on social media and what impact they might have on my daily life and I also thought of what I might look like to those who &#8220;follow&#8221; me; what image do I portray and does it align with the message I&#8217;m trying to send? I think defining yourself in the social media world can be quite difficult because you have such a limited amount of space, characters, pictures, etc. to represent YOU. You have to scrunch your entire message into one photo, a few hashtags, or a status update and there isn&#8217;t a whole lot of room to explain what you mean or talk about what you really think. And even if you did, would others accept you? We all have a voice (some voices are &#8220;louder&#8221; than others) and we all deserve a fair chance to be heard. It&#8217;s how you choose to use that voice that can really define your character. We all have a voice (some voices are &#8220;louder&#8221; than others) and we all deserve a fair chance to be heard. It&#8217;s how you choose to use that voice that can really define your character. So think about it. If you&#8217;re negative, constantly ranting, bitching, and complaining online, what do you think people think of you? You may be funny, but is your sarcasm aimed at someone else&#8217;s expense? I think you see where I&#8217;m going with this, right? Is that the image you want people to see? Are you negative because you&#8217;re behind a computer and don&#8217;t have to face the repercussions of being rude or disrespectful? Or do you put up a wall because you&#8217;re insecure or lonely and desperately want someone to pay attention to SOMETHING you thought or wrote, even if it&#8217;s negative? Or are you someone who is filled with positivity, strength, and happiness? Do people smile when they see what you&#8217;ve posted or shared online? Are you displaying how loving and caring you are towards your family and friends? Is the REAL you shining through your posts? When you start to think about how other people might perceive you (like it or not, people are judging you by what you do, say, AND post) it can be a little scary. But it can also be quite interesting because YOU ARE A BRAND and people are judging your personal brand based on what you&#8217;re showing them and telling them. I&#8217;ve always been very selective in who I follow or what I &#8220;like&#8221; on social media &#8211; if I don&#8217;t actually &#8220;like&#8221; it, I&#8217;m not going to pretend I do or &#8220;pity like&#8221; something &#8211; I hate that! I try to be as genuine as I can be, I want my &#8220;virtual&#8221; self to match my &#8220;authentic self&#8221; or &#8220;personal brand&#8221;. I don&#8217;t photoshop (I do occasionally use an Instagram filter), I don&#8217;t say things I don&#8217;t mean, I don&#8217;t post things that aren&#8217;t true, or have ulterior motives. I don&#8217;t tell my friends one thing and post something completely different because I have nothing to hide, and seriously, to those who do this, who are you trying to kid? Because of my selectivity, I follow many incredible, amazing people online and I actually get inspired and happy as I&#8217;m scrolling through photos on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook &#8211; I feel connected to these like-minded people and I love it. But, have you ever wanted to &#8220;unfollow&#8221; someone (and I actually do this quite often) because you&#8217;re sick of their annoying posts or messages? Yes! And sometimes I just laugh at the silly things they say about themselves, their hashtags, and their COUNTLESS selfies (and keep them in my feed strictly for entertainment purposes), but if I&#8217;m sick of their &#8220;brand&#8221; or I&#8217;m tired of them bringing me down &#8211; I get rid of them or click &#8220;unfollow&#8221; &#8211; I don&#8217;t need their crap in my universe! I try to be as genuine as I can be, I want my &#8220;virtual&#8221; self to match my &#8220;authentic self&#8221; or &#8220;personal brand&#8221;. I don&#8217;t photoshop (I do occasionally use an Instagram filter), I don&#8217;t say things I don&#8217;t mean, I don&#8217;t post things that aren&#8217;t true, or have ulterior motives. I don&#8217;t tell my friends one thing and post something completely different because I have nothing to hide, and seriously, to those who do this, who are you trying to kid? This brings me back to the &#8220;follow Jesus&#8221; idea. I was thinking about what Jesus (or whichever higher power you believe in) would post as a &#8220;status&#8221;, or even a WIRL, if He could and how positive and awesome His messages would probably be. It would be amazing to &#8220;follow&#8221; along as He touched lives and taught lessons in such a positive, loving, incredible way. Having His updates show up on my phone or computer would probably make me want to be a better person and it would help me to see his &#8220;good&#8221; more often than just on Sundays. Wow, just the thought seems cool, right? Then I thought, if I had the privilege to follow THE MAN himself, I&#8217;d want to keep my newsfeed clean, so not to &#8220;contaminate&#8221; or &#8220;dilute&#8221; His powerful messages, photos, and posts so they could have a greater, stronger impact on my life. So I would probably start to do some &#8220;weeding&#8221; of those who I follow  &#8211; I&#8217;d get rid of anyone who doesn&#8217;t share the same message (notice I said &#8220;message&#8221; and not &#8220;beliefs&#8221;) as me (or Him), almost like a &#8220;social media cleanse&#8221; if you will, to get rid of the bad and start anew. Now, imagine this. You&#8217;ve cleansed yourself of the heavy weight of those who bring you down, you&#8217;ve shed the burden of the negativity, rants, and hate that appears on your usual social media feed and you&#8217;re only surrounded by those who share the same love, support, and inspiration for life and helping others as you do &#8211; wouldn&#8217;t that be awesome? Surrounding yourself with positive energy could really change your life &#8211; &#8220;follow&#8221; the good energy, toss away the bad. I mean, I&#8217;ve always been taught to &#8220;follow God&#8221;, but until I thought of it this way, it never really &#8220;hit home&#8221; for me. Call me crazy, stupid, or wacko, but sometimes you just have those &#8220;Ah-ha&#8221; moments where everything just falls into place. This was one of those moments for me. I mean, my whole life I&#8217;ve been taught to &#8220;follow God&#8221;, but until I thought of it this way, it never really &#8220;hit home&#8221; for me. Call me crazy, stupid, or wacko, but sometimes you just have those &#8220;Ah-ha&#8221; moments where everything just falls into place. This was one of those moments for me. So, this isn&#8217;t really about religion here, but it can be if that&#8217;s how you want to interpret it. What I&#8217;m saying is that if we look at the 21st century version of &#8220;following Jesus&#8221; and what that might actually mean if it were possible, it might mean that you would have &#8220;insider access&#8221; into the life of an incredible role model. We all have people we admire and we &#8220;follow&#8221; them online to peek into their lives and stay in the know. What we see on social media affects us, that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s such a powerful tool these days &#8211; it can make us happy, sad, jealous, frustrated, and even angry. Doesn&#8217;t it make sense to only surround yourself with people who build you up? &#8220;A rising tide lifts all boats&#8221;, right? What I took away from those two words at church last week was probably quite different than the intended message, but maybe not. I&#8217;m going to start shedding the negativity in my life by ridding of those who put it smack in front of my face everyday and I&#8217;m going to start following more people who I look up to. Truthfully, I think we should all do this and it&#8217;s so easy to do if you&#8217;re willing to make the change. So, if I &#8220;unfollow&#8221;, &#8220;unfriend&#8221;, or &#8220;unlike&#8221; you or something of yours &#8211; now you know why. You can chose to get mad or maybe you can chose to think twice about the messages you&#8217;re sending on social media. I challenge you to take a look at the life you&#8217;re portraying and ask yourself if it&#8217;s authentic. If it&#8217;s not, you might have some explaining to do, but don&#8217;t worry, I know just the platform to get you started! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Red Is My Favorite Color&#8230; But Not On My Skin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kassidy Everard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; My blemishes are only skin deep. My skin won&#8217;t stop me because&#8230;. I hate it, but It&#8217;s mine. It&#8217;s the only one I&#8217;ll ever have. I have extremely sensitive skin. My hair touches my neck, and I break out in blotchy red spots. Wearing a necklace?  Blotchy red spots. Give someone a hug? You guessed it! Blotchy red spots! Recently I went to Hawaii to see family. While there I got sun poisoning, but couldn&#8217;t really feel it&#8230; all I saw were little red bumps.  Then I got devastating news which led to stress, and I broke out in hives. My arms, my neck, and my chest were covered in big red circles for two days. I felt like less of myself. I felt that the marks on my skin defined who I was&#8230; but then I thought about people with worse skin problems than me. I realized that if I don&#8217;t look at myself any different,  why should I expect someone else to look at me different just because of huge red bumps? I have always has sensitive skin, and most of you will think that having sensitive skin doesn&#8217;t compare to skin diseases, but trust me, you&#8217;ll think I have a skin disorder after seeing how bad it gets. When my skin breaks out, some people decide to point it out to me as If I don&#8217;t already know. I get embarrassed and try everything to cover it up. I don&#8217;t wear turtle necks, but the second someone tells me I&#8217;m breaking out I all of a sudden feel the need to buy one and bury myself in it. Feeling comfortable in your own skin is one of the hardest things to do, especially when you have blemishes or huge red marks, maybe even birthmarks that you consider too big. The truth is that no one has perfect skin. Nope&#8230; no one.  Every single girl you see on the cover of a magazine is the result of Photoshop. The girl in the magazine doesn&#8217;t even look like the girl in the magazine.  So why strive to be her? The more chemicals you put on your face, the worse it will get&#8230; I&#8217;ve tried acne medicine and blemish removers and almost every product known to man, and with my sensitive skin, it makes me break out. I have used baby oil and baby lotion. I have tried natural substances from the ground, such as the very dirt we walk on. I have tried the strongest stuff you can think of, and whether the bottle says that it is for sensitive skin or not, I still end up with a huge pimple the next morning&#8230;.so, I stopped using these products. Recently I decided that my skin is my skin for a reason. If I were meant to be more tan, I would be. If I were meant to be blonde, I would be. If I were meant to have blue eyes, I would. If I were meant to have no freckles, I would. BUT that isn&#8217;t me and I am content with knowing that I have scars and blemishes. That I do break out on contact with anything.  That I don&#8217;t have a hickey on my neck&#8230; It&#8217;s actually another blemish.  (Thanks for your concern, Mom) Your skin is yours for a reason. To do such a thing as to wish you had a different set of skin is unreasonable. There is a difference between feeling uncomfortable in your own skin and someone making you feel that uncomfortable in your own skin. Your skin doesn&#8217;t define the kind of person you are. It just protects the heart you have on the inside and accepts the external damage. I know in the beginning I said that I hated my skin, but I don&#8217;t hate it. I hate the way I look at it. And unless you think your skin is beautiful, you should too. &#160;]]></description>
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