Almost every day, I get a Facebook “Friend request” from someone who is already my friend. I generally try to the let them know they have been hacked. It has happened to me. Much more serious forms of digital piracy have happened to many of you. Chris Ridgeway, in a thought-provoking Christianity Today article, asks what should the Christian—Christ-like, or God-pleasing—response to digital privacy issues be? Here is one of his many questions: “So does the Christian reject privacy? No. But in sight of our sinful default to run from God and each other, we may have to rethink it.”  A takeaway I had is to focus less on keeping some things secret and more on being open with those things I should share. Don’t worry, I’m not about to post any nude selfies, though in my case such a picture would likely be more a matter of humor than prurience. Like you, I spend a good bit of time reading and sending emails, meeting friends near and far on Facebook, and plugging into good articles, like this one, that the internet makes available to me. “Whether I eat or drink, or whatever I do—including surfing the web—I am to do all to the glory of God” (paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 10:31). The article is the cover of the September 2018, Christianity Today. The author is Chris Ridgeway. If you can't get at it, let me know. I can share with a friend (I'm not sure how many friends I'm allowed to have.) It's Something To Think About. | 
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