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Technology: Connected, Yet Lonelier Than Ever

by Rhett Smith on April 22, 2010

[image by Bidrohi Hirok] Technological Paradox One of the glaring paradoxes in my use of technology/social media, is that it has both the ability to make me feel connected and intimate with others, while at the same time feeling isolated, alienated and lonely. I think that is why you have seen me struggle with my [...]

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Facebook Isn’t the Problem…But Maybe Your Marriage Is

by Rhett Smith on November 18, 2009

[image (47/365) :: Saga] Triangling Facebook Into the Marital Unit Often I find myself working with a kid in therapy whose parents have brought him/her in because of the problems they are creating in the family. In therapy/counseling terms that kid has become the identified patient. In short, the identified patient is: The family member [...]

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A Little Bit of Everything for the Weekend

by Rhett Smith on October 2, 2009

Running, Technology and Clarity… You can check out my guest post at John Dyer’s blog, Running Without All the Noise. These are some thoughts on why running without music is beneficial, and I encourage you to give it a try. Marriages, Technology and Facebook… You can check out my guest post at the online version [...]

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Social Media and the Running of the Salmon

by Rhett Smith on August 3, 2009

The Running of the Salmon When I was in high school my family and I went on an Alaskan cruise, and along the way we stopped at one of the islands to get a tour of where the salmon swim upstream during the spawning season. I don’t remember a lot of details about what I [...]

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There’s a Blog Post in Here Somewhere…

by Rhett Smith on July 2, 2009

Morse Code-Leno – The funniest movie is here. Find it I was watching this video (which is a few years old), and a couple of thoughts came to mind: I was thinking about how quickly we are to announce the arrival of the latest, and the best new technology. Whether it be the iPhone, Twitter…whatever-you [...]

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The Role of Bible Technology in Shaping our Faith

by Rhett Smith on April 13, 2009

More great stuff from John Dyer, BibleTech:2009-Technology is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Our Faith. This is definitely worth your listen. Really challenged me to think about the role of technology (computer, mobile phone, tv, etc.) in my life. Technology Is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Our Faith View more presentations from John [...]

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A couple of things in the area of technology and some of the social media tools we use–caught my eye this week. And I wanted to share them with you because I think they are of great importance for us as we think through and wrestle with the implications of our technology and our theology. [...]

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McLuhan and Twitter via John Dyer This is a post I have had in the making for a while, but when I read John Dyer’s post Tools for Tech Thinking: McLuhan on Twitter, and well, he unknowingly gave me some inspiration to post some of my thoughts on this issue. Read John’s post for some [...]

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Innovation3 Gathering: Incarnational Reality

by Rhett Smith on February 3, 2009

incarnation: the act of embodying or state of being embodied in human form I have been thinking about that word quite a bit in recent months as I have come “face to face” with more and more of my online friends on Facebook, Twitter and blog. In fact, if you have read my blog recently, [...]

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