By The Pour Over | Listen | Triweekly – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
SUMMARY: In a world of 24-hour news coverage, it is easy to get lost in the shear volume of information. Fortunately, the fine people at The Pour Over Podcast are producing three (M, Tu., Fri.) sub-eight-minute podcasts each week that highlight top news while keeping the focus on Christ.
News items are stated objectively and followed by a verse to put the news into context of the Christian life. We appreciate the subtle humor, the mellow presentation, and that it’s only released three times a week. This facilitates a contemplative take on being informed.
We highly recommend adding The Pour Over to your daily listen.
KEY QUOTE: “Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ.”
BONUS: Hear founder Jason Woodruff talk with Preston Sprinkle about how he started the Pour Over.
More curated resources on reading the news:
LEARNING CAPSULE: How to Read the News
Keeping up with the news can be overwhelming. Where do you start? Who do you trust? Here is a guide to help you read the news through a Christian lens and with a critical eye (HINT: Think local!)
BOOK: Reading the Times
From newspaper fact checkers to evaluation methods such as S.I.F.T. to diversifying one’s news feeds there is a tremendous amount of energy and time being devoted to debunking lies and conspiracy theories. Despite the trend to provide better quality and quantity of information to the public, according to a 2022 PPRI poll, 60% of white evangelical Protestants believe the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump while Qanon conspiracies ravage large swaths of churches in America. While fact checking methods and diversifying one’s news feed can be helpful, it seems it is doing little to move people from yelling at each other to holding a respectful conversation. How did the church get here? Is there a theological way of consuming the news? How can we think and act Christianly to the news?
ARTICLE: Information hygiene for social media (S.I.F.T. method)
Practical. Easy to learn. Easy to implement. The S.I.F.T. method, developed by Washington State professor Mike Caulfield, is a must learn methodology when engaging with and sharing media online.
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