Redeeming Pop Culture

Download or read book Everyday Sabbath written by Paul D. Patton and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors, writing as scholars of communication and media, demonstrate how God's great gifts of media and technology can rob us of everyday Sabbath and impede spiritual growth if not faithfully stewarded through a process described as mindful media attachment. Mindful media attachment helps to promote the "holy habits" of sacred intentionality, sacred interiority, and sacred identity. These "three sacreds," which arise from a proper understanding of the "grammar and language" of media and technology, ultimately allow us to avoid treating media and technology as ends in and of themselves and to avoid divided affections that drain energy, purpose, and kingdom service.