Mobile Ministry Magazine

Wish that I could take credit for the title, but this belonged to someone else. And their post on the subject is of the kind of thinking and assessment that we must do often. Here's a snippet:

The reason is quite simple and something I did not quite realize until my friend pointed it out to me. People are increasingly using technology not out of choice but out of pressure. And there are a lot of people who are simply addicted to it, they need to check their Twitter feed, Facebook profile and mailboxes every few minutes and see what is happening, because it's the "in thing" and also because of the constant pressure of being available 'online'.

Read the rest of Enabled or Enslaved by Technology at Aditya Singhvi's Phones blog.

I'd also like to call attention to my comment as it directs this post towards this blog a bit more appropriately:

...my faith is the filter that I use. Its the discipline towards being a Christian that I use as the main filter for determining the value of the technology, its connective need/want, and the implication. Can’t say that I’m always perfect in my application, but like living the rest of life through a faith-based filter, there’s a lot of walking forward, backward, repenting, and relearning.

Assess, but also use your filter.

Labels: accountability, addiction, integrity, misuse, stewardship, tech

I've had this post from Church Relevance sitting in my Google Reader starred items list for a while. About the best part of the post is stated here:

Tech Novelty is: Being blinded by the novelty of an exciting new technology and consequently misusing the technology for novelty's sake. Misuse of technology may be caused by lack of training and/or from the inability to focus on anything except the novelty.

The post goes on to say,

When used correctly, I think modern worship environments can spark wonder and awe in the beauty of God's creation much like the architecture of Gothic and Renaissance cathedrals did. Or when used correctly, worship environments can help, often through simplicity, guide worshipers' attention to what truly matters - God. When used improperly, worship environments distract worshippers from God and even at times focus their "worship" on the worship leader, another church "celebrity," or even technology itself.

We talked some many posts ago about how technology can be a distraction even in the setting where we are using it to grow theologically. This post at Church Relevance just drives home this point all the more, no matter what areas of tech and worship we are addressing with the rest of the Body.

Labels: church, misuse, tech, worship