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In today’s fast-paced and media driven world, where information bombards us from various sources such as TV, computers, cell phones and billboards, it is amazing to realize that the average person processes as much as 74 GB of information every day. This data overload, equivalent to watching 16 movies, continues to increase by approximately 5% each year. Sabine Heim and Andreas Keil, authors of the article “Too Much Information, Too Little Time” highlight this phenomenon.
For perspective, just 500 years ago (the 1500’s), a highly educated person would consume approximately 74 GB of information in their entire lifetime. This information would come from books, stories, attending plays, concerts, public executions — a form of entertainment but perhaps not for the highly educated — and other experiences of everyday life. Nowadays, entertainment platforms such as Netflix and Amazon provide us with an ever-increasing ocean of all types of content, good and bad, all at our fingertips without even leaving the couch.
Two thousand years ago, St. Paul implored us in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to “pray constantly.” Now I’m pretty sure things were not a bed of roses for those living during his day. It must have seemed as crazy then as it does today to be told to “pray constantly” when you are being hunted down by a government that was persecuting the early Christians for their beliefs. St. Paul also wrote in 1 Corinthians 10:31, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”
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For perspective, just 500 years ago (the 1500’s), a highly educated person would consume approximately 74 GB of information in their entire lifetime. This information would come from books, stories, attending plays, concerts, public executions — a form of entertainment but perhaps not for the highly educated — and other experiences of everyday life. Nowadays, entertainment platforms such as Netflix and Amazon provide us with an ever-increasing ocean of all types of content, good and bad, all at our fingertips without even leaving the couch.
Two thousand years ago, St. Paul implored us in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to “pray constantly.” Now I’m pretty sure things were not a bed of roses for those living during his day. It must have seemed as crazy then as it does today to be told to “pray constantly” when you are being hunted down by a government that was persecuting the early Christians for their beliefs. St. Paul also wrote in 1 Corinthians 10:31, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”
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How to make work a continual prayer in the age of distraction
In today's fast-paced and media driven world, where information bombards us from various sources such as TV, computers, cell phones and billboards, it is amazing to realize that the average
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