Spiritual Computer Safety
When I took a computer class in college the highlight of the course was getting to actually see the computer – which was housed in a room by itself. During the semester I also remember seeing a smaller piece of equipment (I think they called it a “personal computer” because of it its size), but I didn’t pay too much attention to it because, after all, if it took a computer the size of a classroom to do simple accounting processes what could that dinky thing do? That was circa 1980 ... it is incredible how things have changed! Often, when we discuss computers and spirituality, we tend to focus on pornography, but that’s not the direction I want to take this discussion. Computers – complete with the development of the internet and the prevalence of social media – impact our mind and our spirit just about every day. In light of this, I want to provide a few suggestions for keeping us spiritually safe in the modern technological world. 1. Don’t take to heart everything we se