LISTEN TO THE PLUGGED IN SHOW, EPISODE 215
Welcome to 2024—a time for new calendars, new beginnings and, of course, New Year’s resolutions. We resolve to eat less. Work out more. Spend more time in Scripture.
But what about our entertainment? Is it worth resolving to take control of that area of our lives, too?
Adam Holz, Jonathan McKee and I will be talking about how to do an entertainment reset with your family, offering some very practical advice and our own surprisingly personal reflections on entertainment and its place. It’s my favorite episode of the year, no question—and it just might hold that title all the way through this coming December.
Once you’re done listening to our little chat, we’d love for you to join in. Tell us about your own resolutions—and whether an entertainment reset might be one of them. We’ve got plenty of places for you to join in our conversation. You can always post right here, of course. But feel free to make your feelings known on Facebook and Instagram. Send us an email at [email protected]. Or leave us a voicemail on the podcast homepage, thepluggedinshow.com. We just might use your message on a future episode.
Happy New Year—and happy you’re here with us at Plugged In.
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We should minimize use of screens when possible, but we will never be able to eliminate screens. Why, you ask? Because images and movies and games can shatter mental barriers that words cannot even scratch. Some things must be seen to be believed or understood. And there are many things that people must believe and understand to maximize the length and quality of their lives. And if seeing them on a screen fails, seeing them in person succeeds.
Most people did not believe there were geysers at Yellowstone National Park that shot water hundreds of feet into the air-until they saw them shoot water hundreds of feet into the air.
Most people did not believe that airplanes could fly-until they saw them fly.
Most people believe they can do things that they can’t really do-until they try to do those things and fail enough times.
Believing that words are equivalent in persuasive power to images and movies and games is like believing a kid on a tricycle can win the Indianapolis 500 just by pedaling fast enough. If you’re a parent, your kids might believe every word you say when they’re in elementary school, but the power of your words may go down dramatically when they become teenagers.
Really like these thoughts, RedeemerDMZ. Super-duper interesting.