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Email a FriendI, too, love Matt’s new book and have an author interview with him today. One of my favorite parts was the appendix of favorite saints for the digital age.
Prayer in the Digital Age
A "must read" for today's wired Catholic!
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:14 PM
Later in the week, I’ll be excited to share with you the continuing adventures I’ve been enjoying for the past few days. But today, I want to interrupt my travelogue to tell you about an interview I’m sharing this week with my good friend and Danielle’s (and my) radio producer extraordinaire, Matt Swaim. Matt is the author of the brand new book Prayer in the Digital Age.
I’ve known Matt for a few years now. He and I share a passion for things geeky, and particular when they pertain to our faith and our families. I have Matt to thank for my regular weekly segment on Brian Patrick’s wonderful Son Rise Morning Show. Matt released his first book, The Eucharist and the Rosary, in March of 2010. Last month, he followed up with this latest book which is truly one of my favorites of 2011.
Here’s the blueprint for Matt’s great new book:
The digital age is an age of information overload. In this noisy, technology-driven world, full of important news and urgent messages, spending silent time in prayer can seem impossible. In his second book, Matt Swaim brings to light the obstacles to prayer inherent in our digitally-connected culture and explores both the challenges and benefits of living a Christian life in the 21st century. Drawing on the spiritual wisdom of such masters as St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Therese of Lisieux, and Venerable Pope John Paul II, Swaim provides practical suggestions for learning how to unplug and incorporate prayer into ones daily life. Delve into how technology truly affects our faith:
In a culture suffering from information overload, what’s the difference between knowing facts about God and actually knowing God?
How does our desire to be entertained interfere with knowing God as He really is, rather than just as we want to perceive Him?
What are the distinctions between employing media and information as tools to aid evangelization and spiritual growth while avoiding a purely consumer approach to the faith?
How can information overload deaden our ability to listen?
I hope you’ll take a few moments to check out my interview with Matt Swaim and that you’ll check out Prayer in the Digital Age. I’ll bet you love it as much as I do!
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