The Social Media Roads

One day in my Innovation and Social Media class, I had an epiphany. Ok, well, maybe that's too grandiose of a word. However, I did make a connection between social media and the use of roads.

     For those of you not familiar with Lee University, we are a private, Liberal Arts, Christian school. Many of our classes begin with devotions. This particular day, whatever we were talking about (most likely centered around how the Church uses social media) triggered a mental flight back in time to Jesus' day.

     I find it interesting that Jesus did not come until after the building of the roads that connected much of the Greco-Roman world. Because of these roads, He was able to travel between cities ministering; because of these roads, the disciples took the

Gospel to the nations.

    

     Today, roads pave the way to almost anywhere one could wish to travel. Yet, many cannot afford to physically or financially make the journey. With the Internet revolution, contact is established between people who will never meet outside of the Web. Cities in Africa, China, and around the world have access to social media when it would be difficult to reach them by road.

     People who know the times and are wise will make use of social media to further their passion and their purpose. Social media cannot replace face-to-face interaction, but it does augment it greatly-and in some cases is the only method through which people separated by distance can communicate. Like the Roman roads, social media has created an expansive new way in which to establish

relationship and connection with others.