A Social Media Morning in the Life of Pastor Mike (reprise)

I thought it would be fun (once again) to write down for you a typical social media morning in my life and what I find myself doing as I start my day. (I did it once before: click here.) This is just off the cuff, fresh and raw (and not necessarily in chronological order.)

I prayed to begin with today. It really didn’t have anything to do with social media except in that I put social media on hold. I don’t always do that. I typically wake up and go right for the iPad or laptop and start tweeting away. (It was a good time with the Lord.)

When I did get to what is my wife’s computer, and as is typical, I had just a whole lot of stuff I wanted to get done ~ which usually amounts to too much stuff in the time I have allotted. (Can you relate?)

The first thing I did was I went to Tweepi. I have been trying to unfollow in recent days what amounts to be approximately 7,000 followers who have not followed me back. This is on my secondary Twitter account that I’m talking about: @aheart4god. (Did you know it’s a good thing to have a back up account just in case you get thrown in to Twitter jail with your first account? Then you can keep on tweeting! I think 120 tweets in one hour is the threshold for Twitter jail. I’ve been thrown in twice.)

I also had Google Chrome open this morning so I can unfollow on my primary Twitter account. I use ManageFlitter for @aheartforgod. The free level takes a while to load on accounts with large followings, but it can do that in the background.

While all that was going on I was listening to Klove.com and deciding what songs would be on #Tworship tonight. I am also looking ahead as I will be leading what I like to refer to as “the premier worship experience on Twitter” for the better part of the next three weeks while Marie @spreadingJOY is on vacation with her family.

While all that was going on, I had in the back of my mind what might be my next blog post on aheartforgod.org. I usually have something churning inside. In particular, I’m thinking my next addition to the “10 Mistakes People Make” series that I have going will be in particular, “10 Mistakes People Make with Sodom and Gomorrah.” I was talking about it with my wife last night. I know it sounds scary. But I want to put something up as the Supreme Court is about to rule on California’s Proposition 8 and homosexual marriage. I try to ride the wave of contemporary issues at the forefront if I can and speak for God.

I also added another question to prepare for the first chat in the to the Heart Chat Last Sayings of Jesus Bible Study group that will begin later this month. (You can sign up for that here if you like. It’s free.)

And then now I’m over here putting the finishing touch on this blog post. I will finish my unfollowing on Twitter after I’m done here.

I will also add some Bible verses to my Hootsuite dashboard to auto post throughout the day to Twitter and Facebook to go along with the blog posts I already have ready to go that I scheduled yesterday evening.

And so there you have it. A quick look at my social media morning (again) and a lot of great links, too. Of course, this is only the tip of the iceberg as only you fellow social media fanatics know. 😉

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