The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines doomscrolling as “to spend excessive time online scrolling through news or other content that makes one feel sad, anxious, angry, etc.”i So, why in the world do we do it? It starts out simply enough. “Doomscrolling starts with the goal of becoming more aware of a situation so you can understand what’s happening and prepare yourself for it.”ii The scrolling, whether doom or binge scrolling,…
Blog Post by Ruling Elder, Joyce Wilks-Love Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church 2022 Presbytery Moderator For my birthday in 2015, my cousin gave me the book “The Butterfly Effect”, by Andy Andrews (New York Times bestselling author). Initially, I did not read the book, but this year, through a quest for new reading material, I picked it up and read it…
Blog Post by Ruling Elder – John Northrip Member St. Mark Presbyterian, of DRAWP and Presbytery Photographer of GA#223 I’ve witnessed the events of the recent past with growing dismay; not only at the shared disasters of disease and disinformation we have endured and inflicted, but as well from the sad realization that though we are all swimming in the…