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You know, calling out bullies, blocking them, reporting them, those are forms of grace too because when you do that, you're giving them a chance to hopefully repent and turn from their dark ways.

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So yeah, those are just a few thoughts that come to mind. We work with professors, politicians, pastors on their speaking and preaching, helping both veteran speakers and aspiring speakers be able to strengthen their communication.

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Yeah, I don't quite agree with that because I think blocking someone on social media...

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Blocking someone on social media can actually be a form of grace. A lot of times.

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A lot of times, really in my case, it's to protect people from provoking my future gracelessness.

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So that's an act of grace. But, you know, grace also includes justice and accountability.

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You know, it can be letting people off the hook and not giving them their due. Thanks, Joash.

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We love helping people make a beautiful difference in the world. And we love highlighting ministries and charities that are doing exactly that.

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I think one of the things that's missing on most social media because of the nature of social media is our understanding that there are people behind the avatars and behind the words on the screen.

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And so a rule of we have to be intentional about maintaining our humanity and modeling our humanity and keeping our humanity in this kind of medium that tries to strip us of our humanity.

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And so a rule of thumb that I think is a way of giving grace is to not act in any way toward someone on the screen that I wouldn't if they were in my living room or if I were in their living room.

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That can be very hard. So to me, that's the biggest form of grace is to treat people in the same way that we would if we were in person as much as possible.

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And that includes all the things that Joash said. And that includes all the things that Joash said.

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You know, calling out bullies, blocking them, reporting them. Those are forms of grace, too.

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But one of the things that I try to do is that I try to call people by name where I use their first name when

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I talk to them because it reminds me this is a person with a name and with problems. Oh, I had this guy that just, oh, he could not miss an opportunity to insult me or to just,

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I mean, he was just brutal. And I remember one time when I finally said to him, I said, Joash, I'm with you.

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Because I really knew bad that he wanted to hurt me. I did a space like deep trina. Do you like dogs?

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Maybe we could like dogs together. Do you like coffee? Do you garden? Do you, you know, just some of those things.

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And one other thing that helps me, I love what Karen said about trying to think of people that say she talks to so -and -so and she talks to so -and -so.

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One of the reasons why I refuse to be released. No, I'm not playing that game. I'm not playing that game. And one of the things I try to think of is if I were standing in a

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Starbucks line. Yeah, you guys, you three are people who are with your day job, with your speaking and writing are speaking that hope to those of us around the world.

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So thank you so much for taking time out of your busyness to laugh with us and explore with us how to engage on social media.

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So from everyone tuning in, thank you so much to you three. It was a pleasure. Thank you so much for having us.

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So grateful. So thank you everyone for tuning in. More than that. Thank you everyone for tuning in. More than that.

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Also, I feel like the philosophy of the organization

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I work for also informs my understanding of grace because, you know,

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I think very, very often people confuse grace with politeness or being nice or, you know, just talking about your shoes and social media.

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So I think there's definitely lessons there. But, you know, it cracks me up because as we were promoting this on social media, people were trying to share receipts, you know, the three or four of us blocking people and using that as an act of gracelessness.