2. How to Keep Screens from Running Your Family | John Ortberg
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Jun 17, 2025
Explore the 10 commitments of tech-wise families and discover how to live intentionally in a digitally distracted world. The conversation emphasizes balancing consumption with creativity, promoting rest, and nurturing personal connections. Learn effective strategies for managing screen time that encourage meaningful interactions among family members. Additionally, the importance of sustaining loving relationships through life's challenges is highlighted, guiding listeners to find personal growth and community support.
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Wisdom and Courage as Family
Develop wisdom and courage together as a family or immediate life group to counter tech distractions.
Resist devices competing with real persons for your attention to stay genuinely connected.
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Create More Than Consume
Fill your home with things that reward skill and active engagement, like instruments or tools.
Aim to create more than you consume to honor the value of productive work.
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Work and Rest Rhythm
Establish a rhythm of work and rest by turning off devices for one hour a day, one day a week, one week a year.
Use this time to worship, feast, play, and rest together intentionally.
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Today we’re diving into what Andy Crouch calls the 10 Commitments of Tech-Wise Families, and they’re not just for parents. These practices are for anyone who wants to live with wisdom in a distracted age. We’re not aiming for perfection here. We’re aiming for intentionality. And for the next few weeks, we’re challenging you to pick at least one commitment to live out in real life…not just in your notes app.
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