What is the Truth About Social Media?
This Week’s Quick Hits:
This Week’s Quote:
Gayle Forman is an American young adult fiction author, best known for her novel If I Stay, which topped the New York Times best sellers list for Young Adult Fiction and was made into a film of the same name. Love this quote from her novel “I Was Here.”
“Forgiveness: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug.”
Summer Movie Trivia
I love summer movies and so does Nancy. Sometimes we go on a date night. Sometimes on a hot summer afternoon. Sometimes we stream one at home. See how many of these you can answer!
Which actor has made the most appearances in the 100 top grossing movies of all time with nine of them being summer hits?
Unused film footage from summer hits “Top Gun” and “The Hunt for Red October” have been used in what NBC drama series?
Summer film franchises have in general not fared well at the Oscars. What franchise has the most Oscars with seven?
Which actor turned down the role of Indiana Jones?
Which actor turned down the role of Han Solo?
Did You Know
Stephen Spielberg’s crew bought every snake they could find in the pet stores of South England for the Well of Souls sequence in Raiders of the Lost Ark. When these were not nearly enough to achieve the effect the director was seeking, lengths of hose were cut to simulate more snakes.
Awesome Marriage This Week:
AM Podcast: In Law Issues Episode 517
When you married your spouse, you also married into their family. In laws can be a real blessing, but that’s not always the case. So how can we make the best of this relationship? Do we need to set boundaries or give grace? Join Lindsay and me as we unpack this very relevant topic.
AM YouTube Channel: Get to Know Your Spouse Better Today Than You Did Before
Think about this. If you spent 10 minutes a day getting to know your spouse better, would your marriage improve? What are you missing by not getting to know your spouse better? Click on the link for this week's vlog.
AM YouVersion Plan: Celebrating Differences in Marriage
Tiffany Miller is the Care Director for Awesome Marriage and my Personal Administrative Assistant. In this amazing plan, Tiffany helps you apply scripture as a means to celebrate the differences between you and your spouse.
Dr. Kim’s Insights:
What’s the truth About Social Media?
I am an optimist. For the most part that is a good thing, but the negative side of being an optimist occurs when I see the good in something and those that I am talking to see only the bad. Those conversations do not always turn out well.
With that in mind, I want to take a look at social media. The optimist in me loves social media. Awesome Marriage uses social media to reach hundreds of thousands of people around the world with God’s plan for marriage. It allows us to bring content to places we would otherwise have absolutely no way of getting in.
When a TikTok video where I slap out pornography gets over a million views, it gets people’s attention. This was an interesting video because some people defended porn while others liked our message of what it can do to a marriage. People engaged over the topic, and that’s what we were hoping for. Then there was the video tribute to Lion King where Nancy rubbed lipstick on my forehead. We were able to show a fun side of marriage and over 500,000 people engaged with the video.
People argue over the good and bad of every social media platform. Parents are scared for their kids to use social media. Which platform is okay? Are any of them okay? Some people use social media for bullying while others use it to see how few clothes they can get away with wearing in a video.
I could go on and on, but what I really want this week are your thoughts. How do you view social media? Send your comments directly to me at drkim@awesomemarriage.com.
“Social media is portrayed by many as the root of society’s problems but in reality, social media serves to amplify problems that are already present.” - Author Unknown
Next Steps:
How has social media affected your life?
What do you see as some of the problems in our culture that social media has amplified?
Summer Movie Trivia Answers
Harrison Ford
Jag
Star Wars
Tom Selleck
Burt Reynolds