{"id":13133,"date":"2024-03-08T17:46:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T12:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/faithfulness-in-this-digital-age-is-about-establishing-priorities\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T17:46:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T12:16:46","slug":"faithfulness-in-this-digital-age-is-about-establishing-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/faithfulness-in-this-digital-age-is-about-establishing-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Faithfulness in This Digital Age Is about Establishing Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"video\">\n<div class=\"graphic alt-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faithfulness in This Digital Age Is about Establishing Priorities (Samuel James)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/upntm0t1ZiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Setting Priorities<\/h2>\n<p>It really comes down to a question of priority. We\u2019re not going to put the digital Pandora back in its box. No one is going to be able to live in a computer-free or internet-free life. And even if that was possible at an individual level, that\u2019s not what our neighbors are going to do. So we need to think more maturely and more wisely about that. <\/p>\n<p>I think faithfulness in the digital age means prioritizing God\u2019s word and prioritizing embodied relationship over these digital tools. These digital tools are helpful, but the degree to which they set the expectations and the rhythms of our day can be harmful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-placement list-item clear\">\n<div class=\"product-placement-image\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/books\/digital-liturgies-tpb\/\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/studio-files\/media\/78e5c189d7daff80141f06d6179056bbc45f246a.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Liturgies\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n<h3>\n          <em><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/samuel-james\/\">Samuel D. James<\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <\/em><br \/>\n        <\/h3>\n<p class=\"copy-excerpt\">People search for heaven in all the wrong places, and the internet is no exception. <em>Digital Liturgies<\/em> warns readers of technology\u2019s damaging effects and offers a fulfilling alternative through Scripture and rest in God\u2019s perfect design.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One practical thing that I think we can all do is we can start the day with Scripture. We can choose maybe one day a week, or something a little more frequent, to back away from our apps and our social media accounts and pursue real relationship with somebody. Take somebody out to lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Primarily, we need to be assembling together on the Lord\u2019s Day in congregations because it\u2019s those relationships and it\u2019s that experience and that habitat that really fortifies our hearts. It reminds us who we are, it reminds us who our brothers and sisters in Christ are, and it fortifies us in our quest to live wisely in this age.<\/p>\n<p>So I think those are some strategies, and it ultimately comes down to what\u2019s captivating our heart. Are these tools captivating our hearts because of the promise of self-creation? Or are we really being captivated by the message of the gospel, which is that we don\u2019t have to create ourselves, we don\u2019t have to curate our own identity, but that the Lord tells us who we are, and that fills us with the grace and the love that we need to love other people as they are.<\/p>\n<p><em>Samuel D. James is the author of<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/books\/digital-liturgies-tpb\/\">Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"clear\"\/>\n<div class=\"blog-post-author clear\">\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/authors\/small\/3188.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel D. James\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p><strong>Samuel James<\/strong> is the associate acquisitions editor at Crossway. He is the author of <em>Digital Liturgies<\/em>, a regular newsletter on Christianity, technology, and culture. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife, Emily, and their three children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<hr class=\"clear\"\/>\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumbnails clear\">\n<article class=\"post list-item\">\n<section class=\"post-excerpt right\">\n<p>\n        <strong><br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/5-ways-the-digital-age-is-transforming-the-way-you-think\/\"><br \/>\n            5 Ways the Digital Age Is Transforming the Way You Think<br \/>\n          <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/samuel-james\/\">Samuel D. James<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<section class=\"post-meta\">\n      September 06, 2023<br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<p>Our work, education, relationships, and even worship are increasingly happening digitally. 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