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The Miracle of Online Ministry: Embracing Your Call As A Media Missionary

Post author:Nicole Wicks
Post published:February 6, 2026
Post category:Social Media
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I hear the concern everywhere— complaints about social media and fears about what our time online is doing to us society. Combine that with the frustration of not knowing what’s real and what’s not and we have a recipe for throwing up our hands and throwing out all digital connections. Online danger is real. Discouragement is real. Fatigue is real. But if we focus only on the negatives of interacting online, we risk missing one of the most miraculous tools of our time...

Don’t Be Afraid – How to Use AI to Help with Online Connections

Post author:Nicole Wicks
Post published:December 9, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay. Love it, hate it, or view it with mixed emotions, it’s time to figure out how to use it effectively.

Why I’m Putting My Heart on “Do Not Disturb” (And You Should Too)

Post author:Nicole Wicks
Post published:November 11, 2025
Post category:Mental Health peace Social Media
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We’re all living like emotional sponges right now, soaking up everyone’s opinion, everyone’s drama, everyone’s hot take on literally everything. And as someone who needs medication just to slow my brain down enough to think instead of react, let me tell you: this is not sustainable. Are you feeling it, too? We’re in the middle of a full-blown emotional real estate crisis and it’s frankly exhausting to say the least.

Don’t Get Scammed

Post author:Nicole Wicks
Post published:November 30, 2024
Post category:Armor of God Social Media
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With new reports of data breaches and suspicious messages popping up everywhere we look, scams have become a major concern today for everyone. As we navigate this landscape of deception, it’s important to equip ourselves with knowledge and strategies to stay safe.

10 Things to Refocus Your Social Media in the New Year

Post author:Amy Willams
Post published:December 28, 2023
Post category:Leadership Leadership Development Social Media
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Edie Melson A New Year is coming, and that means change. I see ministry leaders throwing up their hands in frustration and exhaustion everywhere. Social media algorithms and rules are…

Why Social Media is Still Valuable for Ministry Leaders

Post author:Amber Weigand-Buckley
Post published:May 1, 2022
Post category:Leadership Leadership Development Social Media
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There has been a lot of discussion—ironically taking place ON social media—about whether social media is still a valuable endeavor for ministry leaders.

Top 10 Reasons Why Your Blog Isn’t Growing

Post author:Amber Weigand-Buckley
Post published:December 29, 2021
Post category:Leadership Social Media Writing
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Edie Melson With the New Year comes the opportunity to update your blog. If you’ve noticed a slowdown in growth, this top ten list may help restart your momentum. 10.…

Avoiding the All or Nothing Trap

Post author:Amber Weigand-Buckley
Post published:December 4, 2021
Post category:Leadership Leadership Development Social Media Writing
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by Edie Melson | ediemelson.com WHEN DOING MINISTRY LIKE WRITING OR SPEAKING, we must connect in a meaningful way with those we serve. And hate it or love it, social…

Stop Stabbing, Start Sharpening

Post author:lswrites
Post published:January 9, 2020
Post category:Leadership Leadership Development Relationships Social Media
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by Edie Melson in Leading Hearts magazine

IN SOCIAL MEDIA TERMS, IT’S A VOLATILE WORLD OUT THERE.

So often, what’s posted online seems more focused on stabbing and wounding than on encouraging and sharpening. Part of that is due to the medium.

Almost 100 percent of the time, online interaction lacks the warmth of a real-time, human connection. It’s an impersonal — anonymous — medium. While we may call those we connect with “friends,” many of them are just faceless names.

When we’re speaking online, it’s far too easy to be so focused on what we want to share that we forget the individual — hurting — hearts of those we’re communicating with.

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Edie Melson: Why You Shouldn’t Get Caught Up in Your Social Media Numbers

Post author:lswrites
Post published:October 30, 2019
Post category:Social Media
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by Edie Melson in Leading Hearts Magazine

One of the most significant issues we have is a tendency to approach online reach with a have-to-do, legalistic mindset. Truthfully, because successful social media is all about relationship building, it works best when we treat it as an exercise in faith.

When we get caught up in numbers and percentages, we lose our way.

Instead, we must remember that those we interact with are not numbers; they’re people.

If we begin to judge our effectiveness, the worth of what we have to say, by numbers, we’ve lost our way.

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