LENT: Let's Be Church In Real Life

Digital detox is now a thing. It used to be just a handful of cranks warning us that the constant use of mobile devices would break our brains, but now even power users are bearing witness to the dark powers of ubiquitous technology. In many ways, tech has changed our lives for the better, but like most innovations that promise to improve life, there are unintended consequences with which we must reckon.
Here are some of troubles people are experiencing (perhaps you are as well) as we try to come to terms with our digital reality.

1. A sense loneliness.
   
2. Feelings of isolation.
3. Fear of missing out and a sense that there’s something wrong with us, our life, our experiences.
4. Lack of focus, clarity and the inability to concentrate for long periods of time.
5. General dissatisfaction with life, work, people and the world.
   

But perhaps the greatest negative impact of technology comes when we come to the realization that in some mysterious way, the way we relate to ourself and others has changed for the worse. We are no longer civil, patient or kind. It is increasingly difficult to listen to the human being sitting next to me. We are losing a lot of what makes us human.

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