Fighting for Faith in a Digital World with Jay Kim | 366
Dad Tired
Jerrad Lopes
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Jay Kim joins Jerrad to talk about how digital habits are shaping our spiritual lives, our families, and the kind of men we’re becoming. They discuss how easy access to information affects attention, prayer, and parenting. Jay shares practical steps for raising kids who know how to live offline.
What You'll Hear:
- How digital distractions are shaping our brains
- What a tech-free evening looks like in Jay's home
- Why spiritual attention matters more than good intentions
- How smartphones are changing kids and parents alike
- Why screen limits are a form of love
- What a Christ-centered family rhythm can look like
Episode Resources
- Analog Christian by Jay Kim
- Read The Dad Tired Book – https://amzn.to/3YTz4GB
- Invite Jerrad to speak – https://www.jerradlopes.com
Tune in for an honest look at technology, formation, and the need to slow down before it's too late.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The episode that you are about to listen to is actually on YouTube. You can watch the entire thing over there. And one of the benefits of watching our interviews and episodes on YouTube is we give away a free book from the author to one of the listeners every week over there. So pause this right now. Go over to YouTube. You can watch this entire interview. Don't do that if you're |
| 0:21.3 | driving, by the way, just listen to the audio version. But if you're in a place where you can watch, |
| 0:25.6 | you'll probably get a little bit more out of this interview by watching it. You can just sense |
| 0:28.8 | the body language. And sometimes I use my hands or the speaker uses visuals or whatever. |
| 0:33.6 | So it can make for a better experience if that's a thing that you're into. |
| 0:42.8 | Again, go to YouTube and just click or search for Dad Tired and you'll be able to find the episode there. |
| 0:47.0 | If you comment, if you subscribe to the channel, like the video, and then comment in there, |
| 0:50.6 | the thing that stuck out to you the most during the episode, you will be automatically entered into win a free copy of the book that we talk about in this episode. So again, go to |
| 0:56.9 | YouTube, subscribe to the Dat Tire channel. You can watch the whole interview over there and enter to |
| 1:02.0 | get a free book there. That being said, let's dive into today's episode. Jay, so excited to be hanging out with you today, man. |
| 1:13.1 | There's so many things I want to talk to you about, but before we jump into that, maybe |
| 1:15.9 | just tell us who you are and what you're up to these days. |
| 1:18.4 | Yeah, well, thanks for having me on, Jared. |
| 1:20.1 | Really glad to be on with you. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm a dad and a husband. |
| 1:24.7 | I've been married to Jenny for 15 years. |
| 1:30.0 | We've been together for over 20, so she's my best friend, love of my life. And I've got two young kids. So I'm a dad of an eight-year-old |
| 1:36.3 | named Harper, and then a five-year-old named Simon, and so they keep us quite busy. And then I have |
| 1:43.8 | the great joy and honor of serving and pastoring a church here in Silicon |
| 1:49.2 | Valley, right in the heart of Silicon Valley in San Jose, California, a church called Westgate. |
| 1:54.8 | And then, yeah, from time to time, I do some writing and curriculum stuff. |
| 1:59.8 | So, yeah, it's a good life awesome man |
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