An excellent post here by John Mark Reynolds (whom I’ve never met!) on why Facebook or virtual friendships are incomplete.
Read the whole thing; here’s the conclusion:
I must be with my kids to parent them.
I must be with my friends to be friends.
I must be with my students to teach them.
I must be with my wife to love her.
God help me, but often I am too distracted to be with immortal souls. It is as if I am getting ready to be with people, by talking about them or writing about them, but run out of time to be with them. I am like the stupid business man who earns money for his family, but is never with his family while they spend it.
This week I will work hard to be there. I am incarnate and I will not try to hide from it!