Email and smartphones, Slack and Microsoft Teams are ostensibly time-saving tools. And, yet, these devices demand an inordinate amount of our time. What gives? It seems that we have lost the narrative when it comes to work, time, and devices. Efficiency, productivity, output, and multitasking are not the summum bonum (ultimate good) of life. Rediscovering the original purpose for the mechanical clock—a Benedictine invention to order work and worship—can help us redeem the time, rediscover vocation, and cultivate a life of resonance and flourishing.
Recommended Readings
Borgmann, Albert. Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2003
Borgmann, Albert. Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1987
MacIntyre, Alasdair. After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory. South Bend: Notre Dame Press, 2007
Sutton, A. Trevor, and Brian Smith. Redeeming Technology: A Christian Approach to Healthy Digital Habits. St. Louis: Concordia, 2021
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Rev. A Trevor Sutton, Ph.D.
