35 - Curating Our Social Media Feeds

In this episode, we talk social media feeds and algorithms, and how we as Christians should be more thoughtful of what we consume. David leads the discussion by taking the other CLC directors through the content of one of his workshops. Join us as we look at the menu of the restaurant "Healthy, Filling, Fattening and Harmful - Where we make the choice and we make sure you like it!"   TIMESTAMPS 1:30 - David's introduction to this workshop 3:30 - Why we talk about food before media feeds 4:40 - What's on the menu? PDF of David's mock menu summarized 10:07 - Approach of the workshop - music, teacher's example, & handout for discussion 11:35 - Examples of the four categories (Healthy, Filling, Fattening, Harmful) using music. 36:18 - David describes his process of self-filtering his YouTube channel subscriptions 44:38 - More examples of social media's potential for negative impact and predatory nature 53:13 - The potential danger of TikTok and Reels - aka short form videos 56:30 - Relevant scriptures and discussion questions. 1:02:24 - What is Good? 1:09:57 - Outtakes (aka. picking on John)   Click HERE for CLC resources to present this workshop at your church or small group study. For more information on the Christian Life Commission visit our webpage (texasclc.org), and follow us on Facebook (@TexasCLC) and Instagram (@txclc).