Facebook fast
It’s Lent for the modern, techno-savvy times.
Some Facebook enthusiasts (It seems wrong to call them “junkies” doesn’t it?) are abstaining from Facebook for the 40 days of Lent which begins today.
The urge to click must be quenched.
The need to share must be stifled … if only for 40 days.
In a recent story in The Wall Street Journal, one Facebook faithful mom admitted that her time on Facebook kept her from playing with children.
One wonders how they will make it that long at a time when the popularity of such social sites as Facebook and MySpace just keeps growing.
For those who need help, Steve Johnson at the Chicago Tribune recently posted his 10 suggestions for quitting Facebook this Lenten season.
Click here to read Johnson’s tips: Quitting Facebook.
What are you giving up, by the way?
Facebook or are you on a more traditional Lenten fast of meat, sweets or alcohol?
Let me know.
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
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I do not celebrate Lent. However the church I attend does going through a period of fasting at the beginning of every year. It usually last for three months. The people prayerfully decide what they will give up. I know one gal that gave up watching TV. That has lasted for several years. Another friend of mine who already gave up TV felt like for a period of time he needed to completely shut down his computer. He disconnected it and put it in a closet.
I run a FB group that is growing right now because of a successful event a little over a week ago. In order to get more people into the group I must be on Facebook a bit the next couple of weeks. I know when to shut off the computer. It would have been a problem when I was younger. I think when you get older you realize what is really important to you. Being chained to a computer is NOT my life.