I walked out one afternoon earlier this week without my mobile phone. I planned to spend the afternoon in reading and sermon prep, and left the office to a place where I could work uninterrupted.
About five minutes away, I realized I didn’t have my phone. I thought about turning around and getting it, but decided to go “cold turkey” instead.
I had my laptop, since I would be writing, and where I’m working has free WiFi, so emailed my staff to let them know that I didn’t have it.
I feel interestingly free. No phone. No text messages. No reminders of appointments or scheduled tasks. Only the interruptions I choose, not the ones imposed on me by it.
It’s too much. It’s just too much. I think it is killing us, alienating us, and separating ourselves from our souls, from our rhythms, and from God.
And, of course, I will post this on my blog in just moment, where it will be picked up by the RSS utility within a second, and within a few moments, will be picked up by Twitter and pushed through to Facebook.
We’ve really got to do something about this!
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