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title: 218 – Boundaries
description: "This week on the WELSTech Podcast The Church of Facebook book discussion continues, and Pastor Alan Siggelkow shares his observations of Christians usage of social media. The discussion: Our blurry social world – Martin and Sallie continue the current book discussion with a look at Chapter 4 of The Church of Facebook where author Jesse Rice compares […]"
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# [218 – Boundaries](https://welstech.wels.org/2012/01/11/218-boundaries)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Jan 11, 2012 5:00:12 AM

This week on the WELSTech Podcast *The Church of Facebook* book discussion continues, and Pastor Alan Siggelkow shares his observations of Christians usage of social media.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_218.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_218.mp3)

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### The discussion:

Our blurry social world – Martin and Sallie continue the current book discussion with a look at Chapter 4 of *[The Church of Facebook](http://www.amazon.com/Church-Facebook-Generation-Redefining-Community/dp/1434765342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244823995&sr=8-1)* where author Jesse Rice compares the adjustment to this new socially connected world to a blind man who regained his sight after 45 years and didn’t know how to interpret all of the new visual input he was receiving.  In a similar fashion, with no frame of reference for social media usage, it’s hard to know where to draw the lines in terms of privacy, relationships and time management.

### The interview:

(18:26) The Christian and social media – Pastor Alan Siggelkow, who serves as the chairman of the synod’s Committee on Mental Health Needs and works as a counselor for [Wisconsin Lutheran Child and Family Service](http://www.wlcfs.org/Default.aspx), chats with Martin and Sallie about the positive and negative ways that social media can be used by Christians.

### Ministry resources:

(36:47) Claim your church in [Google Places](http://places.google.com)

- Listen to the Internet Toolbox for Churches podcast to learn how.
- Check out [Sallie’s sample](https://welstech.wels.net/google-places-sample/)

### Picks of the week:

- (40:31) MyPermissions.org
- If This then That – [ifttt.com](http://ifttt.com)

### 7 Best:

(46:46) Coming up on February 1st we’ll unveil the very first WELSTech **7 Best** list, and listeners can be part of the list creation.  Simply let us know your favorite

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### Community feedback:

- (48:52) Dave Huep suggested listeners create passwords which remind them of spiritual blessings.
- Teacher Ryan Rosenthal from [Faith](http://www.faithlutheranfdl.org/site/default.asp?sec_id=180003213&nc=1277829330437) in Fond du Lac, WI shared a link to [16 of the best Internet Safety Sites for Kids](http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=2941) from iLearn Technology.
- Teacher Paul Patterson from [Peace](http://www.peacewels.org/) in Sun Prairie, WI shared information about a special from [InfoCor](http://infocor.com/) on interactive StarBoards which work on existing white boards.  Special pricing is $189 with coupon code ***121911_StarBoardLink***.
- Teacher Kurt Gosdeck phoned in an update from his 1:1 computing 3rd and 4th grade classroom at St. Lucas in Kewaskum, WI.  Listeners may remember with interviewed Kurt on [episode 203](https://welstech.wels.net/2011/09/28/203-gails-summer-vacation/).  Recent class digital projects include … 
    - Grandparent’s Day Project
    - Animal Wiki
- Links shared in the [WELSTech Diigo group](http://groups.diigo.com/group/welstech) this week include … 
    - [Google Education Summit](https://sites.google.com/site/wlcsummit2012) at Wisconsin Lutheran College
    - 13 Tips for Increasing You Company’s Google Rank

### Coming up on WELSTech:

(57:51) Episode 219 – Next week on WELSTech we’ll hear from Pastor Tom Koch about online Bible study. (Release date – 01/18/12)

### The featured artist:

(58:45) We close the podcast with the music of Corban Creek – *Psalm 46 *from their CD titled “Could It Be Me”

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