Canada ranks as the global leader in online video viewing. Sales of smart phones, worldwide, are predicted to surpass those of personal computers by 2011. Facebook has more than 300 million active users spending more than 5 billion minutes on the social networking site daily. On this show we spoke with a product expert with Google for his insights. A philosphy professor at TWU who challenged his students to go without technology and a guest who went from working with Porsche to becoming a pastor.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: How has technology affected your family? Write to us with your thoughts at listenup@listenuptv.com. For more information on our guests and resources click here.

Lorna Dueck's wardrobe this week courtesy of Women's Journey of Faith. For more, check out their website by clicking here.

Context

We are exploring technology. How it is changing and how it is changing us.

Some say they simply cannot live without their Blackberries, Iphones or computers. Others, however, say that you can lead a fullfilling life without too much technology. A life filled with purpose and meaning.

Guests

Shyam Sheth

Product Manager for Google Mobile

Shyam says that with technology you either hop on board or you'll miss the train all together.

Prof. Robert Doede

TWU Professor

Professor of philosophy Robert Doede challenged his students, including our guest Hannah Jenkins, to go on a "technology fast." 

Rev. Shane Hipps

Pastor and author of the book Flickering Pixels

Shane was the marketing manager for Porsche. He left that career behind to become a church pastor and author. He warns that the speed of technology is rewiring our brain..without our knowledge or permission.

Resources

Lorna's Wrap

Eight short words cut through the perils of technology-driven communications. But first a confession. When I refer to the perils of talking through blackberry, text mail, Facebook, Twitter or email I am stretching the truth. I like those ways of friendly relations.

Every culture through history has used technology. Technology is just the use of a tool. Hunting sticks in the stone age, coins fo the first commerce, biotechnology to make beer or the assembly line for cars.

For this time of technological advice I am confronted with eight ancient wordsl

"Be still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10)

God actually wants my attention. God wants your attention. Our information-rich life can breed an attention deficit towards God.

Is "be still" the requried action to hear God?

YES.

There are some tools to use to help you be still. To be attention-rich towards God.

"Be still and know that I am God"-interesting that little nugget from the Bible's Psalm 46 is short enough to be posted on any medium.

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