<overload> losing face-to-face relationships in a virtual world
What Overloads You?
• Mobile Phones
• Texting
• Sexting
• Instant Messaging
• Social Networks
• Web Sites
• News/Blogs
• Status Updates
• Advertising
• Games
• iPods/MP3s
The Monster We Created
• Our informations was “mass” media
• Advertising in free entertainment
• We consume more
• We want advertising out
• We individualized it
• We want it to be free
The Communication Shift
• We have never had this much information
• We have never had these abilities
• Our communication rate goes up
• Our ability to relate goes down
I’m An Informationaholic
• Information is a drug
• There’s scientific proof of this
• It limits creativity and focus
• It causes attention span problems
• It creates severe mood swings
• It can be very hard to live without
Here But, Not Here
• We need a “hit” of information
• We text, IM and talk all the time
• We can be physically present, but...
• We are mentally absent
• We are becoming zombies
• We are controlled by the drug
I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink.I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.
Peace to you.The friends
here send their greetings.
Greet the friends there by name.
In Writing
• John was a disciple
• John was a writer of letters
• In John 3, he realizes that somethings cannot be communicated in writing
• The rest of John 3 is a conversationabout trust, love and reputation of friends
• They were “tight” and because of that,they could do the work set out for them
“Everything is permissible”
but not everything is beneficial.
“Everything is permissible”
but not everything is constructive.
Nobody should seek his own good, but
the good of others.
Old School
• Real life communication is good
• It is good for your health and soul
• It is good for your job and career
• It communicates more meaning
• It aligns your body, mind and spirit
Dear friend, I pray that you may
enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as
your soulis getting along well.
Good Habits To Start
• Prioritize face-to-face meetings over anything else
• Stand up when you meet new people
• Greet with a handshake or a hug
• Pay attention to names
• Look people in the eye
• Truly love people
Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are
doing for the brothers, even
though they are strangers to you. They have told the church about
your love.
Bad Habits To Break
• Taking phone calls during a meal or when “out”
• Texting while others are with you or talking
• Staying up late with “dates”
• Constantly having IMand email open
• Breaking your onlineword in real life