The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place

by Andy Crouch

becoming wise and courageous is what family is really about—and

Because technology is devoted primarily to making our lives easier, it discourages us from disciplines,

living in a family is one long education in just how foolish we can be, children and adults alike.

But you can’t search for wisdom—at least, not online. And it’s as rare and precious as ever—maybe, given how complex our lives have become, rarer and more precious than before.

And if our churches are to be all they are meant to be, they will have to become more like a family—household-like contexts of daily life where we are all nurtured and developed into the persons we are meant to be and can become.

Work is the fruitful transformation of the world through human effort and skill, in ways that serve our shared human needs and give glory to God.

Difficulty and resistance, as long as they are age appropriate and not too discouraging, are actually what press our brains and bodies to adapt and learn.

Boredom is actually a crucial warning sign—as important in its own way as physical pain. It’s a sign that our capacity for wonder and delight, contemplation and attention, real play and fruitful work, has been dangerously depleted.

overconsumption of distraction is just as unsatisfying, and ultimately sickening, as overconsumption of junk food.

by enjoying the best, on purpose, rarely and together, we’ll become the kind of people who can also find the best in anything, wherever we are, even alone.