During the past two weeks I’ve been teaching in another country and I’ve had no access to the Internet. I realized afresh the plusses and minuses that having access to the internet provides. My ability to do research and study was limited, yet at the same time, by not being able to access the web, I was better able to focus and concentrate on major projects.
The Internet can be both a bane and a blessing for Christian leaders. Other than the obvious danger and temptation on-line pornography raises, those who lead God’s people can end up wasting a lot of time “surfing the Internet.” In the interest of being good stewards of our time surely we would do well to periodically examine how we are using the Web.
The following article Know when you should unplug from the Internet [Distractions],
written by a secular website editor, gives some useful advice using the Internet wisely. He suggests careful discipline and dividing our our work into “Contexts.” Some of our work is better done with the computer “off line” and some “online.” It’s worth reading!
