6 Questions Pastors Can Answer About Assisted Reproductive Technology

6 Questions Pastors Can Answer About Assisted Reproductive Technology – “Here’s a primer to get you up-to-speed on how to counsel couples considering or involved in assisted reproductive technology.”

Stop Filling Every Quiet Moment with Scrolling

Stop Filling Every Quiet Moment with Scrolling – It’s as if we all live with a terrible fear of not being entertained at a given moment.

Christians Shouldn’t Fear AI

Christians Shouldn’t Fear AI – “We simply want to address some biblical principles that may guide developing answers while confronting lurking fears about this new and complex technology.”

6 Ways Digital Technology Deforms Us

6 Ways Digital Technology Deforms Us – “The information age’s digital revolution parallels the Serpent’s deceptive promises in the garden.” 

4 Questions to Answer Before Giving Your Child a Phone

4 Questions to Answer Before Giving Your Child a Phone – “So before you take the plunge, here are four questions to consider.”

As a Christian, I Went Down the AI Rabbit Hole. Here Are 12 Things I Discovered

As a Christian, I Went Down the AI Rabbit Hole. Here Are 12 Things I Discovered – This is a helpful summary of issues.

How to make the most of the Parental Settings on your Child’s Phone

How to make the most of the Parental Settings on your Child’s Phone – Here are some helpful suggestions for parents.

How to Lead Others in a Digital Age

How to Lead Others in a Digital Age – “As we enter another year, here are three truths to equip yourself and your people to wisely follow Jesus in a digital age.”

 

5 Stats for Parents to Know About Teen Digital Media Use

5 Stats for Parents to Know About Teen Digital Media Use – “Consistently, research shows a link between the heavy use of digital media and a number of troubling social and emotional distress signals.”

 

Screen Sabbaths: A Modest Proposal for a Digital World

Screen Sabbaths: A Modest Proposal for a Digital World – “What might happen if, for one day a week, you silenced the hum and darkened the glow of every device? If you knew you would hear no ding and feel no vibration? If every impulse to text, check, or divert were thwarted by an empty pocket? What might happen on such a day?”

Seek Wisdom in the Age of Algorithms

Seek Wisdom in the Age of Algorithms – “Algorithms care nothing about the truth. They’re designed to capture our attention for the maximum time to exert the maximum influence over our decisions. They bring to our screens the most reliable attention-grabbers: things that make us feel angry, afraid, aroused, or adored.”

We Are Not Disposable

We Are Not Disposable – “When the technology that literally connects us to our work, our relationships, our art, even our health, is intended to be disposable after only a few years, how could we not internalize the values of disposability? How could we not become shaped by it?”

Help! I Messed Up with My Kids’ Technology

Help! I Messed Up with My Kids’ Technology – God’s mercies are new every morning. Here are some steps you can take.”

A Prayer for the Smartphone Hooked Christian

A Prayer for the Smartphone Hooked Christian – “Who will save me from this electronic rectangle in my hands? Instead of using it, it has often used me.”

44 Ways to Keep Kids Off Screens

44 Ways to Keep Kids Off Screens – “Most Christian parents I know would like their children to spend less time in front of a screen, and we realize there are better ways to occupy our kids. But wanting something is a lot easier than making it happen!”

Spiritual Lessons from My Dumb Phone

Spiritual Lessons from My Dumb Phone – “Christians should be marked by a sense of stillness, practices of stillness. If I am honest about it, I am terrified of being still because it quietly affirms that I am not in charge.”

Technology Cannot Replace Presence: Why the Church Will Always Gather

Technology Cannot Replace Presence: Why the Church Will Always Gather – “We are strange and perverse creatures, with a long track record of choosing lesser joys over greater ones. As a result, we not only deny ourselves those greater possibilities, but in favoring lesser realities, we end up distorting and spoiling them.”

Raise Kids to Have a Healthy Relationship With Technology

Raise Kids to Have a Healthy Relationship With Technology – “With so many gadgets and devices at their disposal, it can be hard to know how much screen time is too much. And as we all know, too much screen time can have serious consequences for kids’ health and development.”

Discipled by Algorithms

Discipled by Algorithms – “We live in a personally curated and expertly crafted world of information, driven by algorithms that often wield significant influence over our lives and our outlook on the social and ethical issues of our day. The world you see online is often very different than what I might see, which in turn makes it difficult to address many of the root problems of our day.”

Smartphones and Fallen Natures

Smartphones and Fallen Natures – “There are so many benefits to today’s technology that it is hard to overestimate, but that does not mean there are no negative consequences involved, especially when we combine it with our sinful nature.”