Detoxing, Mapquesting, and Holy Kisses

The Russell Moore Show

Christianity Today, Russell Moore

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Carlos Whittaker is an author, podcaster, and global speaker who is backed by, as he puts it, “the power of a massive Instafamilia.” Perhaps it’s no wonder, then, that when he decided to spend 23 hours a day in silence at a Benedictine monastery, he experienced physical detoxification symptoms—including heart palpitations. Whittaker and Moore talk about their experiences of spending time screen-free and how it has changed them. They discuss the relational focus made possible by time apart from devices and the transformative effects of communal living. They consider how Christians engage with time, why it’s important to savor experiences, and how believers might reclaim the practice of solitude. Ultimately, they speak to the potential for a healthy relationship to technology and discuss what it may look like to pursue it. Resources mentioned in this episode or recommended by the guest include: Carlos Whittaker Pascal’s Penseés Reconnected: How 7 Screen-Free Weeks with Monks and Amish Farmers Helped Me Recover the Lost Art of Being Human by Carlos Whittaker Saint Andrew’s Abbey Henri Nouwen “London Taxi Drivers and Bus Drivers: A Structural MRI and Neuropsychological Analysis” Do you have a question for Russell Moore? Send it to [email protected]. Click here for a trial subscription at Christianity Today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:39.0	This week we have a conversation to seek to do just that.
1:50.0	Let me tell you about something I did, that I haven't really even said anything about to even
1:56.3	my closest friends because it's just so out of character for me but it was because of
2:01.8	a gift certificate. Somebody because of a gift certificate.
2:03.0	Somebody gave me a gift certificate to one of these places
2:06.0	where what you do is you go into a room by yourself,
2:10.0	there's no light, there's no sound, salt water, you float in the water for an hour and there is nothing going on.
2:20.0	And this person told me he said you will really be surprised at how this will change some things about you.
2:30.0	And I have to tell you, it was 15 minutes of absolute torture because I was bored out of my mind and I kept thinking
2:39.1	Wait a minute. Why did I do this? I can always leave. I'm not being held captive here and then I started
2:45.0	thinking about Blaze Pascal saying that one of the greatest difficulties is
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