Prayer in the Digital Age

Prayer in the Digital Age Review

Prayer in the Digital Age Feature

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The digital age is an age of information overload. In this noisy, technology-driven world, full of important news and urgent messages, spending silent time in prayer can seem impossible.
In his second book, Matt Swaim brings to light the obstacles to prayer inherent in our digitally-connected culture and explores both the challenges and benefits of living a Christian life in the 21st century. Drawing on the spiritual wisdom of such masters as St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Therese of Lisieux, and Venerable Pope John Paul II, Swaim provides practical suggestions for learning how to unplug and incorporate prayer into ones daily life.
Delve into how technology truly affects our faith:
In a culture suffering from information overload, what's the difference between knowing facts about God and actually knowing God?
How does our desire to be entertained interfere with knowing God as He really is, rather than just as we want to perceive Him?
What are the distinctions between employing media and information as tools to aid evangelization and spiritual growth while avoiding a purely consumer approach to the faith?
How can information overload deaden our ability to listen?

Staying Focused in the Age of Distraction: How Mindfulness, Prayer, and Meditation Can Help You Pay Attention to What Really Matters

Staying Focused in the Age of Distraction: How Mindfulness, Prayer, and Meditation Can Help You Pay Attention to What Really Matters Review

Whether you realize it or not, there's a battle going on all around you every day-for your attention. Advertising jingles, persuasive images, text messaging, the Internet, and television are the weapons of choice, and your mind is the battlefield. And the stakes are high. These modern distractions can devour your time yet leave you hungry for greater meaning in your life. Who will win?

Even though you live in this often-unsettling age of distraction, you can dramatically improve the quality of your life by learning to pay attention to those things that matter to you the most. This book offers step-by-step techniques you can use to focus on your values, practice meaningful activity, and develop a deeper sense of your own spirituality. A variety of methods, including mindfulness practice and prayer, can help you tune out the hum of distraction and concentrate on leading the rich and meaningful life that you crave.

Learn insightful and engaging ways to:
• Pay attention to what really matters to you
• Learn how to avoid 'empty' activities
• Develop a deep and meaningful sense of spirituality
• Enrich your life and the lives of the people you love
• Create and carry out your own personal plan for focused awareness