Comments on: Five Things We the Church Need to Know About Technology (5 of 5): Technology Tends to Become Mythic http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/01/five-things-we-the-church-need-to-know-about-technology-5-of-5-technology-tends-to-become-mythic/ Technology is Fast, but Redemption is Slow Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brett McCracken http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/01/five-things-we-the-church-need-to-know-about-technology-5-of-5-technology-tends-to-become-mythic/#comment-140 Brett McCracken Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:31:21 +0000 http://44528bec-84f8-47e5-ac48-0d7e6f595c3a#comment-140 Just stumbled across your blog and was excited to see that there are people like you expressing these things about technology. I've harped on this myself for years, writing Postman and McLuhan-inspired articles for Relevant and Christianity Today. I wrote something in the most recent Relevant magazine that you might be interested in--"The Problem of Pride in the Age of Twitter." You can read it here if interested: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/issue/37.php Keep up the good work! I'll definitely be coming back to this blog. Just stumbled across your blog and was excited to see that there are people like you expressing these things about technology. I’ve harped on this myself for years, writing Postman and McLuhan-inspired articles for Relevant and Christianity Today. I wrote something in the most recent Relevant magazine that you might be interested in–”The Problem of Pride in the Age of Twitter.” You can read it here if interested: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/issue/37.php

Keep up the good work! I’ll definitely be coming back to this blog.

]]> By: bleek http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/01/five-things-we-the-church-need-to-know-about-technology-5-of-5-technology-tends-to-become-mythic/#comment-139 bleek Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:23:29 +0000 http://44528bec-84f8-47e5-ac48-0d7e6f595c3a#comment-139 This struck me: [quote]It is ironic that we young people who enjoy bucking trends and catch phrases like “Think Different” and “Question Everything” are so unwilling to question our technology.[/quote] So true. Recently I have been challenging myself to strip down, scale back, and unplug the highly connected worship ministry I lead. By connected I mean [i]amped[/i]- both sonically and visually. The impact shocks me with delight. We did one song acapella save a djembe, and it rocked. I am seeking to connect the people with other people, as opposed to connecting them to Guitar Hero. As you (Dyer) know, I [b]love[/b] technology. I use it whenever and wherever I can. Yet, it must submit to us, as our servant, not vice versa. We must constantly evaluate it as a tool to be used for building up people, and the Kingdom, not necessarily a sine qua non for ministry. This struck me:

[quote]It is ironic that we young people who enjoy bucking trends and catch phrases like “Think Different” and “Question Everything” are so unwilling to question our technology.[/quote]

So true. Recently I have been challenging myself to strip down, scale back, and unplug the highly connected worship ministry I lead. By connected I mean [i]amped[/i]- both sonically and visually.

The impact shocks me with delight. We did one song acapella save a djembe, and it rocked. I am seeking to connect the people with other people, as opposed to connecting them to Guitar Hero.

As you (Dyer) know, I [b]love[/b] technology. I use it whenever and wherever I can. Yet, it must submit to us, as our servant, not vice versa. We must constantly evaluate it as a tool to be used for building up people, and the Kingdom, not necessarily a sine qua non for ministry.

]]> By: John Dyer http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/01/five-things-we-the-church-need-to-know-about-technology-5-of-5-technology-tends-to-become-mythic/#comment-138 John Dyer Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:56:56 +0000 http://44528bec-84f8-47e5-ac48-0d7e6f595c3a#comment-138 @Paul, thanks for your insight. Your great comment illustrates Postman's point that certain technologies (the food industry, roads, cars, etc.) eventually become [i]mythic[/i] when we can't think of them as technology any more. Perhaps I should have said "People who drive cars to churches with air conditioning are not necessarily more sanctified than people who walk to a shack for church." @Paul, thanks for your insight. Your great comment illustrates Postman’s point that certain technologies (the food industry, roads, cars, etc.) eventually become [i]mythic[/i] when we can’t think of them as technology any more. Perhaps I should have said “People who drive cars to churches with air conditioning are not necessarily more sanctified than people who walk to a shack for church.”

]]> By: Paul Prins http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/01/five-things-we-the-church-need-to-know-about-technology-5-of-5-technology-tends-to-become-mythic/#comment-137 Paul Prins Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:03:28 +0000 http://44528bec-84f8-47e5-ac48-0d7e6f595c3a#comment-137 I would have to agree with what you said here as a general trend, but would have to append your comment that Technology = Progress in so much as we misunderstand technology. For the most part the generations under 30 see technology as the same as electronics (more specifically anything with processors). We forget that our food is more high tech then ever, our roads are billions in R&D and so on. With this being the trend, us having such a narrow view of what tech is, it forces us to lift up a certain skill set above others (which you mentioned earlier in the series). Good stuff. I would have to agree with what you said here as a general trend, but would have to append your comment that Technology = Progress in so much as we misunderstand technology. For the most part the generations under 30 see technology as the same as electronics (more specifically anything with processors). We forget that our food is more high tech then ever, our roads are billions in R&D and so on.

With this being the trend, us having such a narrow view of what tech is, it forces us to lift up a certain skill set above others (which you mentioned earlier in the series). Good stuff.

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