EVERY DAY I AM BLESSED WITH OPPORTUNITIES to communicate through technology, to reach out to people and places that inspire me, and to discover new ways of engaging in dialogue with the world. Still, the pervasive and ever-increasing presence of technology appears to generate a wired reality—one in which everyone is expected to be in a state of constant connectivity.
As a result, it seems the more accessible we are via the slew of electronics—computers, PDAs, chat-programs, GPS—the more absent and abnormal it seems for anyone to ".. enter into the closet and shut the door," as Science and Health says in reference to how one should pray (p. 15). The more we tune-in, the more we express a desire to be tuned-out. The daily blessings associated with being connected more easily and affordably often become a burden in the form of addiction to life online.
Several questions emerge for me: Is being signed-in, tuned-in, or plugged-in generating real connections? Is staying in more constant and instant "touch" helping us stay in touch with God? In the midst of our daily electronic activity, are we balancing the noise with the peace of daily prayer?
