WJFB???

An interesting thought crossed my mind the other day. What would Jesus' Facebook page look like? One would think that the great communicator that he was/is would be tapping into all of the available options to get his message to the masses. Facebook would seem to be an obvious choice for our God to communicate with his people. How many friends would Jesus have? Would there be people that wouldn't respond to his friend request? What about God's status updates? Do you think that he would be the person that updated ten or twenty times a day or once a week? I would imagine seeing things like... Surprised by the lack of attention to the genocide in Dafur, wishing I could answer some more prayers, or being omniscience makes for a hungry omnivore. How about the Causes ap? Who would be the organization that Jesus would call on the support for? Who would he be a fan of? Hopefully, he would be a Cardinals fan. Would Jesus' Facebook page have a lot of photos? Photos often depict the beauty in the world, and he certainly has a lot of beautiful things to show off. I would imagine that it would be a lot of sunsets and naturescapes. Do you think that God would interface Twitter and Facebook so that they would talk to each other? If he could post 140 words of wisdom each day wouldn't that feel great. Do you think that God could post a video of the big bang or some of the creation of the world? It would probably get a lot of hits. I would imagine that there would be some friends that Jesus would have to hide their posts, maybe too information or a reminder about how frustrating we sinners are. Our social media universe is one that has many people putting their toes in to check out whether it is for them or not, and thinking how doing social media in a respectful Christian way may mean reflecting on some of the questions above because if we are to work to mirror our lives with the values and actions of Christ, then Facebook is another important place for us to check ourselves against our true intentions.

-Dr. Robert Dillon