Here is a stunning statistic that jumped out at me while going through piles of junk mail. "The typical American spends roughly twenty times more hours each week engaged with media than involved with all forms of traditional religious activity". Quoted from a pamphlet from an organization called faithHighway.
I had to ask myself- how true was this for me? I began to have memories of the dinner table and the sacred moments of family time being interrupted by a "chorus" of ringtones generated by overzealous finger communication. Yes, text messaging has become a normal part of dinner conversation. Our precious family time has been invaded by a messages from friends who basically now join with us at the supper table. Perhaps on the bright side to this is that I don't need to feed the additional mouths ... But, how much time do we spend focused on Jesus in our family moments or my personal time.
Ironically, I have been wrestling with whether to add to my list of "things I do on the computer" each day - Tweeting.
Technology to me once was a way to save time, organize and structure our lives that are continually in motion. The desktop PC was a core location to set priorities, keep in touch with long lost friends and communicate with family members who you may (or may not) really want to speak to live in person. Yes, technology is the curtain that opened to more... The big question is, more of what?
The truth of the matter when all is said - I spend more time with my fingers on the keyboard than hands folded in prayer or paging through the Word. I am convicted...
on that note, I sign off - for now!
