1. Rebooting Our Faith: The Value Challenge Dr. Peggy Kendall Department of Communication Studies Bethel University

2. Mediated Lives

3. Review Mediated Lives – living one step away from “reality” What does 2 nd Life have in common with talking on the cell phone? How does a mediated life make our Christian lives a little more boring?

4. Homework Assignment Technology Fast

5. Did You Know?

6. Values Have Changed

7. Values Have Changed: SPEED McNuggets How do you see your life speeding up? Problem: – Don’t notice things – Don’t notice people – Impatient

8. Values Have Changed

9. Values Have Changed: EFFICIENCY Miss 100% Why do we feel like we need to be busy? Problem: – People = interruptions – Too tired to care

10. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23

11. “But the fruit of the Spirit is efficiency, productivity, being on time, the ability to multi-task and the ability to meet everyone’s needs in timely manner.”

12. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23

13. Values Have Changed

14. Values Have Changed: NOISE Blackout What does silence do for you? – Focus – Decision-making – Presence Problem: – Can’t think – Can’t hear

15. Reboot: Seek Solitude He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.

16. Reboot: Assignment Take at least 30 minutes this week and spend it in silence