Ken Myers wisely writes: " … we should regularly practice media fasts: days or weeks during which we reduce the flood of information we receive to the merest trickle. Not only will such a practice enable us to set our knowledge in perspective, it also will help us recognize the love/hate relationship we have with information overload. We say we are frustrated by having so much to respond to, but we still carry cell-phones everywhere and check our e-mail every 10 minutes. It makes us feel important to be so busy. Media fasts should help us become more honest about our motivations."
If we read at all during a media fast, we limit ourselves to something that nourishes the soul — slowly, meditatively. (taken from l'ship journal, i think)
i post this b/c lent starts wednesday and media fast is on my radar (yours?) and Ken Myers is speaking friday nite at Christian Study Center
