Why I’m Writing Faith and Tech This Way

Today is a kind of “New Day” for me. Admittedly, I’ve struggled with everyday life to keep up and offer a helpful thought about “Faith and Tech.” After much thought and prayer, this newsletter may take on a different approach to the topics. Likely, it will be more personal and perhaps hold on to the goal of practicality.

Most conversations about technology feel rushed.

They are filled with urgency—about what is changing, what is coming, what we are about to lose or must quickly master. Even when the tone is thoughtful or ethical, the pace often mirrors the very forces it is trying to evaluate. Faster tools demand faster reactions. New capabilities require immediate commentary. We are rarely given permission to slow down.

This newsletter is not an attempt to keep up.

Faith and Tech exists because many people I speak with—leaders, parents, professionals, pastors—are not primarily confused about technology. They are tired and/or afraid of it. They sense that something important is happening beneath the surface of everyday digital life, but they struggle to name it clearly or respond to it faithfully or they find themselves even afraid of the technology.

How many times have I heard, “I’m just too old” or “I don’t even know how to turn on the computer” or worse yet, “Technology is of the devil.” Hopefully over time, this newsletter will speak into the lives of all of these people.

Today, let’s speak to those who use TECH, attempt to use it for good and even God’s glory, but are struggling in many personal areas with it. You see, they know how to use their tools but what they’re unsure about is what those tools are doing to them.

Over time, technology does more than change our workflows. It quietly shapes our expectations, our habits, our sense of urgency, and even our definitions of what counts as meaningful or successful. These changes rarely announce themselves. They happen gradually—through speed, convenience, and constant availability—until we find ourselves living differently than we intended.

As a pastor, I am less interested in whether a tool is efficient than in what it forms in me (or us). I am less concerned with predicting the future than with helping people remain attentive in the present. And I am deeply interested in how faith speaks—not loudly or defensively, but faithfully—into moments of acceleration and abstraction.

That is the posture of this newsletter. You will likely not find product reviews or technology hot‑takes here, although on occasion you might. Nor will you necessarily find instructions for optimizing your digital life. What you will find are words that try to interpret modern life pastorally—naming pressures we feel but rarely articulate, noticing patterns that shape us quietly, and returning again and again to the question of what it means to remain human, attentive, and faithful in a digital age.

Some weeks, the reflection may name a particular technology. Other weeks, it may not. Often, the subject will not be technology at all, but attention, speed, presence, fatigue, or hope—all of which are being reshaped by the world we inhabit.

If you are looking for quick answers, this newsletter may not help much. But if you are looking for a place to pause, to think more clearly, and to listen more carefully to what modern life is asking of your soul, you are welcome here.

You can read these essays as reflections.
You can read them as letters.
You can read them slowly—or not at all some weeks.

There is no pressure to keep up.

Faithfulness, after all, has never depended on speed.

One closing thought today. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gave an entire section which He expressed this way, “You have heard it said…..but I say to you.” He was clarifying for all His listeners.

In the same way, you have heard it said that “All we are commanded to be is faithful.” It is true that we are commanded to be faithful, but it is equally true that Jesus expects us to be fruitful.” (John 15) Being faithful means staying true and consistent in all times, with all things, and in all ways. When we are faithful to the Lord, He will work His fruitfulness in us.

His definition may be a bit different than ours.