Contemplative Prayer

3min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

"I felt a sense of i should have something stimulating to do," he says. "So the act of purchasing, researching and purchasing just the perfect material thing was the drug that i was craving." He began his practice of contemplative prayer in an attempt to fill this emptiness with God's love. 'The dive into contemplative prayer has been absolutely revolutionary for me'

How is it possible that the people who have harnessed technological progress to become the wealthiest nation in history are still so remarkably unhappy? Is it possible that we have asked technology to do too much? Is it perhaps impacting our ability to be fully formed humans? Join this fascinating conversation with David, Curtis, and Curtis’ old roommate Andy Crouch, who guides us in thinking about our relationship with technology and how to be more human.

Show Notes:

-Andy Crouch - The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World

-Jonathan Haidt - Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

-Sign up for David’s French Press newsletter

-Check out Redeeming Babel’s job opening here