This document contains a series of quotes and links from Dr. Bex Lewis' talk at Activate Your Life in April 2015 on the topic of everyday, ordinary women online. The quotes discuss communicating one's authentic values online, being present rather than just visiting digital spaces, cultivating respect online rather than risk avoidance, and representing Christ online through one's social media presence. The document serves to provide inspiration and guidance for individuals on living out their faith online.

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Everyday, Ordinary
Women: Online
Dr Bex Lewis, Director, Digital Fingerprint
Activate Your Life, April 2015 (http://www.activateyourlife.org.uk/) #ayl415

2. Introducing
Dr Bex Lewis
Research Fellow in Social Media
& Online Learning
CODEC, St John’s College, Durham
Director, Digital Fingerprint
T: @drbexl
F: /drbexl
W: drbexl.co.uk
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3. + https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rom
ans+12:1&version=MSG
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Be Yourself,
Everyone Else
is Taken
Oscar Wilde
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5. + https://www.facebook.com/QueenofYourOwnLi
fe
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6. @drbexl
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God is a communicating God: “In the
beginning was the word, and the
word was God…”.
God is extravagant in communication –
he is not a silent God who has to be
tempted into communicating with
people.
Rev Prof David Wilkinson
Image Credit: Durham University
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I share, therefore I am
Sherry Turkle, psychologist and MIT professor of Social Studies of
Science and Technology.
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If an alien visited…
… and all they had to see was
your Facebook page … or other
‘public’ profile …
What would their perception of
your life be?
Image Credit: RGB Stock
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https://youtu.be/zRlpIkH3b5I
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The Power of Community
http://www.beyondchocolate.co.uk/testimonials/
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“No life of faith can be lived
privately. There must be
overflow into the lives of
others.” C.S. Lewis
H/T @jaybutcher
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A good [wo]man brings good things out of
the good stored up in his/her heart, and
an evil [wo]man brings evil things out of
the evil stored up in his/her heart. For the
mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Luke 6:45 (New International Version)
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15. Francis A. Schaeffer, Art
and the Bible, Ch. 1
“If Christianity is really true,
then it involves the whole
[wo]man, including his/[her]
intellect and creativeness.
Christianity is not just
“dogmatically” true or
“doctrinally” true. Rather, it is
true to what is there, true in
the whole area of the whole
[wo]man in all of life.”
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I’m a passionate believer that we need
to be ‘incarnational’ in the digital
spaces, whether those are specifically
‘Christian’ spaces or not, but that we
need to understand how to be
‘resident’ in those spaces, rather than
merely ‘visiting’ to do a ‘bit of reaching
out’.
Bex Lewis, http://www.threadsuk.com/redeeming-culture-in-a-digital-age, May 2014
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24/7 Values?
What do you stand FOR?
 Authentic – be a consistent ‘you’
 Transparent – be honest, where’s the source?
 Self-aware – note your ‘tone of voice’
 Integrity – own your own content
 Self-control – be aware of consequences
 Patience – hold the trigger finger before send
 Non-manipulative – ‘love Jesus’ = send this! No!
 Kindness – encourage others
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Relax, enjoy your friends. Enjoy their
company along with the company of
Jesus. Point him out, freely, without
fear or intimidation. You’re not
responsible to sell him to them.
You’re simply saying what you’ve
seen. You're not the judge. You’re the
witness.
Carl Medearis, quoted Spring Harvest, 2013
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19. Who sees this?
1. God
2. Parents
3. ‘Kids’
4. Newspaper
5. Enemy
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With digital technology we
need to cultivate an
attitude of respect, rather
than of risk-avoidance.
The digital is a part of our
everyday lives, and it’s not
going to go away. There
are huge opportunities
available for those who
have learnt how to be
critical, constructive,
and confident
inhabitants of the digital
environment.
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21. http://www.upworthy.com/hear-the-powerful-way-the-worlds-ugliest-woman-beat-her-bullies
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BBC: Be Smart
“We’re doing this because all the research tells us that
children and young people respond best to their
peers. Whether they’re under pressure to take part in
a dangerous prank, or to victimise someone, or
whether they’re an online bully themselves, stories
told by other young people are most likely to resonate
and to help them cope, or change their behaviour.”
Andrew Tomlinson, Executive Producer, Media Literacy, BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/f1f50247-4902-
4998-bf58-3e2d3c007587
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Progressive responsibility
Do it for them
Do it with them
Watch while they do it
Let them do it for
themselves.
Will Taylor
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Saint Teresa of Avila (adapted by
Meredith Gould, 2010)
Christ has no online presence but yours,
No blog, no Facebook page but yours,
Yours are the tweets through which love touches this
world,
Yours are the posts through which the Gospel is
shared,
Yours are the updates through which hope is
revealed.
Christ has no online presence but yours,
No blog, no Facebook page but yours.
http://churchsocmed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/christ-has-no-online-presence-but-yours.html
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@drbexl @digitalfprint @digidisciple
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