My new book project is now available: Scrolling Ourselves to Death: Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age.
Published in partnership with TGC and Crossway, the book is an edited volume (co-edited by Ivan Mesa and myself) which marks the 40th anniversary of Neil Postman’s 1985 classic, Amusing Ourselves to Death by applying Postman’s thinking about media/technology to the digital age.
Ivan and I enlisted 13 other contributors to help Christians and church leaders think carefully about the spiritual hazards—and opportunities—of contemporary digital life.
We don’t have to passively accept the ways of this scrolling world. We ought to question what needs to be questioned, resist what needs to be resisted, and adopt what can be adopted. But we should do it all thoughtfully, with more conversations in our churches and families about the theological and discipleship implications of our relationship with technology.
You can pick up a copy of the book now at TGC’s store, Crossway, Amazon, or other retailers.
To learn a bit more about the book, check out these videos I recorded in conjunction with the book’s release:
Amusing Ourselves to Death in the Scrolling Age
In this video I talk about how Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death applies even more powerfully 40 years later in today’s scrolling world.
Why Is It So Hard to Stop Looking at My Phone?
In this video I discuss the dynamics at play in our addictive urge to look at our smartphone whenever we have “down time.”
How Local Churches Help Us Reclaim Meaningful Life in a Digital World
In this video I discuss various ways local churches can provide healthy formation in a digital world that often forms us negatively.