From social media, to nightly cable news, to the breaking news emails in our inboxes— your media diet is shaping you, forming you and even discipling you. But to what end? This summer, evaluate how what you read, watch and listen to is influencing you, for good or ill. This Mornings with Carmen playlist will help you move toward a healthier media diet.
-February 21, 2024 Why it matters what we allow our minds to feast on Front Porch Republic‘s Jeff Bilbro outlines the value of reflecting on our habits surrounding dedicated time spent with God in His Word and shares some principles from his book Reading the Times.
-April 26, 2024 A more healthy way of taking in news and other content Chris Martin shares practical ideas on how to have a more healthy intake of news and content.
-April 19, 2024 AI-editing. Can we trust what we see? Plugged In‘s Adam Holz helps us navigate the new world of AI and how we can be wise about AI editing software and the videos we see.
-April 17, 2024 When ideology overrules journalism Front Porch Republic‘s Jeff Bilbro reflects on two articles, one being from NPR’s Uri Berliner, about when journalism is funneled through narrow, extreme ideologies; and other perspectives are actively muted.
– March 22, 2024 Helping your family navigate our media age Plugged In’s Adam Holz talks about a new resource by Focus on the Family called “Becoming a Screen Savvy Family,” as well as about the rise of little children being social media influencers.
Practice and Examples: How do we consume media well?
Need some practical guidance in how to do this? Carmen regularly models how to have a healthy media diet and often interviews others doing the same. Here are two practical examples in how Christians can read, think and pray the news wisely.
April 12, 2024 Thinking well and praying the news with Carmen Along with Carmen’s Friday Farm Report, she reflects on some of the news headlines, the implications of them, and the call to prayer in them.
May 7, 2024 Looking at headlines about college protests Nick Pitts from the Center for Global Engagement shares how we view what’s playing out on college campuses across the country, with protests or lack-there-of taking place.
