advice to young pastors: the art of sacred disconnection

If you’re a young pastor, chances are you’re electronically connected: emailing, text messaging, Facebook, all the day long.  And you know this has an addictive quality. The brain is wired to be alert and curious about any new information.  And electronic media delivers!  We consume triple the daily information that we did (er, I did) in 1960.  While new media brings myriad advantages, you know in your bones that it’s also a curse: a steady stream of white noise that leaves you feeling a mile wide and an inch deep.
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