Your weekly roundup of insights and resources to help you get more done for the glory of God.

In Today’s Issue:New Pastoral Productivity ResourceWhy You Can’t FocusGuiding Your Children Through the Digital AgeSpiritual Compound InterestAdditive & Subtractive Technologies

Dear steward,

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of recording a video teaching series with Focus on the Family’s ministry, The Focused Pastor. And, I’m excited to announce that “Pastoral Productivity” is now live.

In these eight lessons, I deal with the unique productivity challenges that those in ministry face, and offer theology, frameworks, and habits that can help deal with these obstacles.

The series is completely free. And you can view the trailer and the entire series here.

If you aren’t in full-time ministry, consider sharing this with your pastor (in a non-passive-aggressive, “you really need this” way, preferably).

What’s NewWhy You Can’t Focus (and How to Fix It)

Our attention spans have dropped dramatically. This is a problem for everyone. But the issue of lost focus should be especially important to Christians, who view our lives not as our own but as a stewardship given to us by God.

In this latest article/video/podcast I explore the reasons behind our lack of focus, and offer a simple challenge to help you start retraining your attention span this very week.

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Weekly Word

“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
– Philippians 3:13-14

Worth Your TimeHow to Guide Your Children Through the Digital Age (4 mins)
Jonathan Noyes over at Stand to Reason, offers helpful and practical guidance for helping your kids navigate the digital world.The Financial and Spiritual Principle of Compound Interest (4 mins)
Tim Challies draws a comparison between compound interest in finances and how that works in spiritual growth too. The takeaway: Start early.On Additive and Extractive Technologies (2 mins)
I like this distinction Cal Newport makes here. “[H]er son has adopted the habit of stretching out on the couch, talking to his grandmother on a retro rotary-style phone, the long cable stretching across the room. ‘There’s no scrolling, no distractions, no comparisons, no dopamine hits to chase,’ she notes. ‘Instead he is just listening to stories, asking questions, and having the comfort of knowing someone who loves him is listening on the other end of the line.’”Words of Wisdom

“The reason why the majority of Christians never attain to any eminence in the divine life, is because they let the floods of their life run away in a dozen little, trickling rivulets, whereas, if they cooped them up into one channel, and sent that one stream rolling on to the glory of God, there would be such a force and power about their character, their thoughts, their efforts, and their actions, that they would really “live while they lived.”
– Charles Spurgeon

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