tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240341.post6899628593439326162..comments2023-07-07T09:29:33.910-04:00Comments on YoSteve: Practically Present in Every WayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11660964184560606566noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240341.post-18061758484696666212013-01-04T23:36:08.561-05:002013-01-04T23:36:08.561-05:00That's a really solid question (ironically del...That's a really solid question (ironically delivered via technology).<br /><br />I wonder if the whole technology question isn't a bit backward. We often focus on the vistas technology opens to us: we can talk with people who are far from us, we can stay in touch with old friends, that kind of thing. But what if technology limits us? <br /><br />Technology ... especially social media ... limits our attention, presses our bandwidth. It makes it more difficult for us to be fully present everywhere we want to be.<br /><br />In a way, it reminds me of the Incarnation. God accepted the technology of the human body, and the limits that come with it. Limited, but still fully present.<br /><br />In a way, the anti-technology language begins to mirror the Gnostic language that has cropped up off and on throughout church history.<br /><br />Not really an answer there ... but I wonder if it cracks a door to a path forward.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11660964184560606566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240341.post-48137825794343538862013-01-02T14:22:16.194-05:002013-01-02T14:22:16.194-05:00I read this. Just letting you know that someone is...I read this. Just letting you know that someone is reading. I read the others, but sometimes being present means participating in the conversation, so here is my participation.<br /><br />I've been thinking through something you said here for the last few weeks. I have often heard it said, "Technology isn't the problem, it's our use of technology." After all, Facebook, twitter, et. al. are all just "tools in our toolbox" for communicating, interacting, and "living on mission." But, what if that's wrong. What if technology is the problem, and I keep making excuses because I like it, and want to keep using it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com