Created for Connection

God created us for connection, not isolation. How is technology impacting our most important/most valued relationships? Is technology bringing us closer together? Or it separating us from my family and friends? Are we controlling technology? Or is it “controlling” us/our children?



Key Themes:

• Christian worldview:
• Creation: Gen. 2:18, 26
• Fall: Gen. 3:16; 4:1–8
• Redemption: Deut. 6:1–9
• Glorification: Rev. 21:22–27; 22:4–5
  

•  Struggle of parenting and mobile devices and social media
  

Digging Deeper:

• Article: "The Tech Industry's War on Kids"

• Article: "The Silent Tragedy Affecting Today's Children"

• Book: Growing Up Social, by Arlene Pellicane

• Video: "Growing Up Social" (Ted style talk; abridged version of Arlene's book, Growing Up Social)

• Practical ideas: Downloads for parents/grandparents