How Dumbing Down Our Phones Can Increase Our Peace, Hope, Joy, and Relational Intimacy

Lisa Harper's Back Porch Theology

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Talk Radio, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Today's Happy New Year conversation is akin to dancing with a 500-pound gorilla with balance issues because most of us are going to get our proverbial toes pinched! The reason why is we're going to get real about how our daily digital gluttony ~ from scrolling through social media, Googling down one rabbit trail after another, perusing the pretend aisles of Amazon Prime, and reconnecting with old high school flames who slid into our DMs ~ is making us heartsick. Multiple highly regarded scientific studies over the past few years have revealed that the excessive time most of us spend staring at our phone screens has a negative impact on our neuro-pathways, as well as our primary relationships. Plus, there's irrefutable proof now that adolescents’ brains ~ which are still developing ~ become more sensitive when anticipating social rewards and punishments over time with increased social media usage. In other words, the measurable result of all those hours our kids are spending on TikTok and viewing reels, is a heightened sense of insecurity and self-doubt. Not installing boundaries on the amount of digital data we're consuming every day is the neurological and emotional equivalent of giving a hungry fox the key code to our chicken coup, y'all! So here's the deal ~ after hanging out with my pastor today, Dr. Darren Whitehead ~ who's an expert when it comes to the corrosive consequences of the constant digital barrage of modern culture ~ we're going to invite you to join us for a relatively brief digital detox here at the beginning of 2025 and learn how making our smart phones a little dumber will make our relationships with God and each other a whole lot richer! For some of you saints this single conversation has the potential to change the trajectory of '2025 and not only redeem huge chunks of time locusts have devoured in your life but quite possibly begin the closing the intimacy gap you've unwittingly allowed your phone to create between you and the people you love. So please grab a cup of coffee, your Bible, and a notebook or journal and pull your chair up on the porch with us for this caboose of 2024 conversation. Happy New Year ~ we're really happy you're here.

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0:00.0	Hey, back porches. We're excited about heading into the new year with you. And if you're anything like me,
0:05.6	you're probably focused both on growing spiritually in this next year, but also maybe getting fit and
0:12.2	getting back into the pants that have grown too small over the Christmas season. And that's where
0:18.4	the Upward Running Run Club app comes into play. It's not just an app. It's this
0:24.8	awesome on-ramp to a nationwide community of runners and walkers. You can join this movement today
0:32.1	at Upwardrunning.com. That's Upwardrunning.com. And of course, the link is in today's show notes.
0:40.9	Access more.
0:47.1	Happy New Year, y'all. Oh, man, it's great to be with you on the porch. Now, let me give you just a slight warning.
0:54.4	Today's conversation is akin to dancing with a 500-pound gorilla with balance issues because
0:59.7	some of us are going to get our proverbial toes pinched. It's going to be encouraging,
1:04.8	but it's also going to be convicting. And the reason why is we're going to get real and raw
1:08.6	about how our daily digital gluttony, from
1:11.6	scrolling through social media, Googling down one rabbit trail after another, perusing
1:15.5	the pretend aisles of Amazon Prime, and sometimes reconnecting with old high school flames who
1:20.4	slid into our DMs is making us heart sick.
1:24.4	Multiple, highly regarded scientific studies over the past few years have revealed that the
1:29.0	excessive time most of us spend staring at our phone screens has a negative impact on our
1:34.7	neuro pathways, as well as our primary relationships. Plus, there's irrefutable proof now that
1:40.6	adolescent's brains, which are still developing, become more sensitive when
1:44.8	anticipating social rewards and punishments over time with increased social media usage.
1:51.2	In other words, the measurable result of all those hours our precious kids are spending on
1:56.8	TikTok and viewing reels is a heightened sense of insecurity and self-doubt. Not installing boundaries
	...

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