[Un]Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires and How You Can Break Free - Softcover

Smith, Doug

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1625861966 ISBN 13: 9781625861962

Publisher: Credo House Publishers, 2021

Synopsis

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Most of us are unintentional with screens, but tech industry architects intentionally make their content distracting, manipulative, and addictive.

[Un]Intentional shows how our obsession with screens often takes us—unintentionally—to places we regret. It reveals the way many apps, games, and videos are designed to entice us to make decisions and form harmful habits that profit the creators at our expense.

[Un]Intentional helps you break free by guiding you through proven biblical practices to reclaim your thought life, make good decisions, and fulfill your God-given mission.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

No topic is more critical in our screen-saturated culture. For any parent, for any grandparent, for any individual living with the constant distractions of this reality in their daily lives, this book comes as a beautifully-crafted and grace-filled invitation to manage the noise, to prioritize well, and to pay attention to the things in life that are significantly more important than one's Instagram account. Thank you, Doug, for sounding a clarion call to intentional living.
-- Michael A. Vander Klipp, Editor-at-Large, HarperCollins Christian Publishing | Zondervan

[Un]Intentional addresses one of the core issues that is contributing to our nation's loss of ability to think critically. Doug Smith is a seasoned learner, practitioner and expert in the disease of media addiction in our screen-saturated world. Doug's heart and passion is to help people recognize this undiagnosed addiction in their own lives, and to provide principles and practical insights for overcoming the disease. [Un]Intentional is a must read for anyone with a computer, smart phone, or television.
-- Todd Wilson, Founder and Director of Exponential, author of More: Find Your Calling and Live Life to the Fullest Measure

UnIntentional has the feel of a modern Christian classic, a rare gem of a book for those of us now swimming in a screen crazed world—carefully researched yet written in such an engaging and honest style that it's difficult to put down. After reading Doug's book, I found myself feeling a new courage to live this life to the full, with the tools and knowl- edge to avoid the snares that so often drag us down into the tepid and mediocre life. This is not just a book for the West, but a book that's relevant for those of us throughout the world who are trying to live as God intended!
-- Matthew Connor, International Scripture Arts Consultant, Wycliffe Bible Translators

It is easy to live unintentionally: swept along by currents of materialism, consumerism and empty philosophy that pervade our world through electronic media. For those of us who want to live life more intentionally, Doug Smith's book provides the biblical insights and mental tools needed to glorify God in a world that aims to enslave our minds. Finally, I've found the book I need for myself, my family and friends.
-- Timothy J. Barnett, PhD, Professor of Political Science

Edition details

• Publisher: Credo House Publishers
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1625861966
• ISBN 13: 9781625861962
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204