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Dislike: Faith and Dialogue In The Age of Social Media

Dislike: Faith and Dialogue In The Age of Social Media

A faith-based look at the way we abuse social media and how it distorts conversations about faith, facts and policy.

2020

Stories

Good machine (I think), but bad manual

Amazon should have spent some more dough on documentation

4h ago

Black, plastic Amazon Essentials bread machine against a white background.

4h ago

Point and shoot

The digital point-and-shoot camera is dead; long live the digital point-and-shoot camera

May 27

A promotional shot, on a white background, of a teal-colored Vivitar VECS124 PopSnap camera.

May 27

My least-favorite restaurant

Happy beef, and a not-so-happy tummy

May 21

An overhead shot of a platter of soft tacos, with a ramekin of sauce and a lime wedge, on a green plate.

May 21

What God calls clean

Forest Mill United Methodist Church, May 18, 2025

May 18

Photo of a box of Manischewitz Kosher Sea Salt

May 18

Just Andraé

A new book showcases a pivotal figure on contemporary music

Apr 27

Book cover of “Soon and Very Soon: The Transformative Music and Ministry of Andraé Crouch,” by Robert F. Darden and Stephen M. Newby, with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr. The cover features Andraé Crouch holding a microphone and pointing upward at something.

Apr 27

In which I roll the dice

“Yahtzee!” I exclaimed, to no one in particular

Apr 9

Apr 9

The Dad Who Threw a Party

Hamilton United Methodist Church March 30, 2025

Mar 30

The painting “The Return of the Prodigal Son,” by Rembrandt. The son, bedraggled and in rags, kneels before his forgiving father, who embraces him. Other figures look on in the background.

Mar 30

Fermentation update

I broke into my spicy sauerkraut, and liked it, and started a jar of fermented mustard.

Mar 29

On the left, a glass jar with a fermentation lid (the lid has a valve in the center to release excess CO2 gas) containing yellow and brown mustard seeds and other ingredients. On the right, in a plastic container, reddish-purple sauerkraut made from red cabbage. In the background, three spice pouches from The Spice House — turmeric and two types of mustard seed.

Mar 29

Bridge player on call

Is there a story about one of your family members you wish you had known about when they were still alive and you could have asked them…

Mar 23

Four hands of cards on a green felt tablecloth — one, at the bottom, is being held by a player; the ones on either side are fanned out, and the one at the top is separated into four piles by suit.

Mar 23

A fun trip through communications history

The newly-opened Signals Museum, in Huntsville, Ala., is both educational and enjoyable

Mar 17

A series of bookcases filled with dozens of antique radios, most in wooden cabinets.

Mar 17

John I. Carney

John I. Carney

Book Author

Author of “Dislike: Faith and Dialogue in the Age of Social Media,” available at http://www.lakeneuron.com/dislike

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