Monday’s Links To Go

How To Be Awesome On The Internet

When asked, I heavily encourage churches, non-profits and thought-leaders to invest time in these platforms, as they are increasingly becoming the “table” our world gathers around to shares ideas, hopes, and doubts.
It’s super important to be at the table. But if you are serious about spreading your idea or sharing your message, you should make sure that you’re being awesome rather than being rude or annoying. It’s easy to think that you’re sharing your message. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference on your own.

 

My Father’s “Eviscerated” Work – Son of Hobbit Scribe J.R.R. Tolkien Finally Speaks Out

“Tolkien has become a monster, devoured by his own popularity and absorbed into the absurdity of our time,” Christopher Tolkien observes sadly. “The chasm between the beauty and seriousness of the work, and what it has become, has overwhelmed me. The commercialization has reduced the aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation to nothing. There is only one solution for me: to turn my head away.”

 

Four Facebook Privacy Settings For The New Year

While Facebook has taken some considerable missteps, the social network has also made strides in ensuring its privacy settings are more accessible and straight-forward. Most recently, Facebook launched a new set of privacy tools to help you more easily manage who can see what you share.

 

E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines

In the past year, the number of those who read e-books increased from 16% of all Americans ages 16 and older to 23%. At the same time, the number of those who read printed books in the previous 12 months fell from 72% of the population ages 16 and older to 67%.

 

Hot chocolate tastes best in orange mugs, study finds

The participants said the drink was more flavorful when served in a cream- or orange-colored cup. Interestingly, participants rated the orange- and cream-colored cups of cocoa tastier despite the fact that participants didn’t say there were any significant differences in sweetness or aroma between the colored cups.

 

Translating Christianese

The Evangelical Press Association (EPA) website recently shared the following: Christianese is a language used in the Christian subculture and understood easily only by other practicing Christians. As Christian communicators it’s important to avoid words in our writing that could be misunderstood or fail to communicate — terms that have meaning only in the Christian subculture.

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