I haven’t been doing a good job of managing my screen time lately. I finished the digital detox challenge, which went great, but once it was over I slowly fell back into some of the same patterns. Then last week I got in the car to begin a morning of errands, and my phone didn’tContinue reading “My Broken Phone Was a Gift”
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Why Go to the Event When I Already See Everyone Online?
I haven’t received the book yet for the summer book study I started, but I already feel inspired and challenged in the way I think about friendship. I’m following along with the Abiding Together podcast in reading Friendship in the Lord, and the foreword alone (which is all I’ve read so far since it’s what’sContinue reading “Why Go to the Event When I Already See Everyone Online?”
I Tried a Digital Sabbath and Here’s How It Went
Let me start by saying my first attempt at a digital sabbath wasn’t 100% tech free. I didn’t prepare by thinking ahead about all the things I use my laptop for, like the folder of recipes stored there that I needed to cook the chili I’d planned to make. I didn’t think about who wouldContinue reading “I Tried a Digital Sabbath and Here’s How It Went”
Are You Addicted but Unaware of It?
The first step of learning how to use tech as a gift from God and for His glory is to break the addiction to it. And at the start of week three I’m thinking about how trying to go without something brings to light how hooked you truly are. It’s easy to deny being addictedContinue reading “Are You Addicted but Unaware of It?”
Every Moment Is Another Chance
It’s the start of week two in my journey to learn how to use technology as a gift from God to be used for His glory. I haven’t done a perfect job so far, not that it’s even possible or that anyone expected me to…except me. I expected me to. I’ve been thinking about howContinue reading “Every Moment Is Another Chance”
Digital Detox, Take 3
At the time I’m writing this, I’m 50 years old, 50 pounds overweight, and I have a to-do list of household tasks, errands, and phone calls to make that I add more to every day than I check off. My triglycerides are through the roof, and I’ve been telling myself for weeks (months, years) thatContinue reading “Digital Detox, Take 3”
