In the early days of social media, we posted pictures and updates to share our lives with others, and they responded with affirmations. Now we frame our lives for sharing in anticipation of that affirmation. In this economy, other people exist merely for clicks. (1/6)

This deumanizes. This is partly why social media has inhibited our ability to connect with one another, even as it appears to do the exact opposite. (2/6)

This has everything to do with gender reveal parties, promposals, etc. The economy of social media makes it not enough to have an ordinary life. Everything must be spectacular and viral. This is an incredible burden to bear. (3/6)

In fact, human persons are incapable of bearing the weight of this kind of celebrity. David Foster Wallace presciently told us that this kind of pursuit will eat us alive. (4/6)

It’s also why it is helpful to be reminded that the gospel invites us to embrace the terms of creation. We are finite and limited, and this is not a problem for God. He made us this way. And we need not repent for our finitude or insignificance. (5/6)

We are free to be ordinary and even forgotten, because in Christ, we are remembered by the one who doesn’t forget. (6/6)