01 — Foundation // Identity

Rather than asking what age is the right age to open a social media account, Well Framed offers a different pre-requisite: knowing your identity. Your identity must exist outside of the social media world, and when it is in Christ, it is a firm foundation that everything else can be built upon, including your digital spaces.

02 — Living Spaces // Purpose

Just like rooms in a house each have a functional purpose, when we build a social media space, we need to identify what the purpose of that space is. In a world of front porches, our greatest challenge is to create and cultivate digital family rooms.

03 — Capacity // Social Limits

While social media is designed to appeal to our desire for large metrics, the truth is we were created with limits. We have a social capacity—and more isn’t always merrier. Smaller, deeper relationships give us the fuel we need to be the light of Christ in broken and hurting world. Jesus is our model—choosing to have intentionally deep community with 12 people.

04 — Boundaries // Gatekeeping

It’s okay—and even healthy—to set boundaries around who follows you in social media. While it is hard to decide who you allow into your digital spaces, you alone get to be the gatekeeper.

05 — Lights // How we engage

There are three ways we tend to show up in social media—selfishly, respectfully or redemptively. Most often, we show up selfishly, pointing the spotlight on ourselves.  Our culture pushes back on this a bit, and instead insists that we be good, respectful digital citizens, staying safe in the digital daylight—avoiding the dark corners of internet. But as believers, what does it look like for us to engage online differently from the world?  We become lanterns, using social media to bring light to the darkness.

06 — Smoke detectors // Emotions

There are three ways we tend to show up in social media—selfishly, respectfully or redemptively. Most often, we show up selfishly, pointing the spotlight on ourselves.  Our culture pushes back on this a bit, and instead insists that we be good, respectful digital citizens, staying safe in the digital daylight—avoiding the dark corners of internet. But as believers, what does it look like for us to engage online differently from the world?  We become lanterns, using social media to bring light to the darkness.

07 — Exit routes // Action

When it’s time to log off, we have two paths we can take: Go Big or Go home. When we Go Big, we respond to the smoke signals we’ve noticed in others by reaching out to offer help in an embodied way. When we Go Home, we respond to our own smoke signals, finding someone to talk to who can point us back to our foundation: our identity in Christ.