In a recent blog on Harvard Business Review, Jodi Glickman noted that young adults in the workplace are abandoning emails and moving toward social media as a primary mode of communication. Because social media is so, well, social, the lines between business and personal matters are slowly fading.

As an older American of 55 years, I was a Johnny-come-lately to the blogosphere and Facebook, although I got on board early with Twitter. I guess something about communicating in 140 characters or less appealed to me. Like Glickman said in her blog, I have learned some key lessons from this relatively new social phenomenon:

Blurring the lines between personal & work

Because I tweet, blog, and post on Facebook, some aspects of my business life and personal life are known to thousands. I've seen the advantage of sharing comments about my life with others. Some enjoy my strange humor. Others pray for needs I share. Still others see a personal side to the ministry I lead that they would not otherwise ...