Rebooting Our Faith: The Value Challenge

Dr. Peggy KendallDepartment of Communication Studies

Bethel University

Mediated Lives

Review

• Mediated Lives– living one step away from “reality”

• What does 2nd Life have in common with talking on the cell phone?

• How does a mediated life make our Christian lives a little more boring?

Homework Assignment

Technology Fast

Did You Know?

Values Have Changed

Values Have Changed: SPEED

• McNuggets• How do you see your life speeding up?• Problem:– Don’t notice things– Don’t notice people– Impatient

Values Have Changed

Values Have Changed: EFFICIENCY

• Miss 100%• Why do we feel like we need to be busy?• Problem:– People = interruptions– Too tired to care

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

Galatians 5:22-23

“But the fruit of the Spirit is efficiency, productivity, being on time, the ability to multi-task and the ability to meet everyone’s needs in timely manner.”

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

Galatians 5:22-23

Values Have Changed

Values Have Changed: NOISE

• Blackout• What does silence do for you?– Focus– Decision-making– Presence

• Problem:– Can’t think– Can’t hear

Reboot: Seek Solitude

He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my

soul.

Reboot: Assignment

Take at least 30 minutes this week

and spend it in silence