Book Review: 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
I picked up this book early this year as I was getting involved in Student Ministry at my church in Atlanta - and a lot of conversations among us leaders revolved around the impact of cell phone usage with our students... and quite honestly with us. I expected to be a little convicted, because I am engaged on social media, but not to the extent that I was. Tony Reinke (look him up - this is a smart dude) is a writer at Desiring God and John Piper put together the forward. Uniqely - Reinke combines a theological rigor with the normal statistical "phones are screwing us up" research out there, and uniquely in my mind delivers the "so what" when it comes to the most important thing in our lives, namely our connection with Jesus Christ. He doesn't approach this topic as one outside of social media, but as one who is a digital native that understands the benefits of technology and the dangers that our "glowing rectangles" that demand our attention ha