How do I love?

Reordering our imaginations through mystery and beauty.

In the same way art appreciation was superseded by the demand for easy entertainment, so now our entertainment culture is being devoured by a cultural addiction to distraction. While the algorithms at work behind our content consumption may technically be amoral, their effects are anything but; the human imagination is actively being hijacked and suffocated in pursuit of financial profit. How can we reflect the selfless love of Christ when the predominant forces shaping our imaginations are gaming, pornography, clickbait, newsreels meant to invoke political outrage, and 15-second video clips?

Listen

“How Do I Love?” — The Rev. Dan Marotta

Read

Art and Faith by Makoto Fujimura
Lifting the Veil by Malcolm Guite
The Supper of the Lamp by Robert Farrar Capon
Parish Songbook
The Book of Common Prayer

Practice

EUCHARIST
Weekly on Sundays. Grow by increasing to daily participation (when offered).
DIGITAL LIMITS
No screens before prayer. One screen at a time. No screens in the bedroom. Fast from screens 1 day/wk. Fast from screens 1 wk/yr. Use accountability software.
MAKING
Co-create with God using your hands on a weekly basis.
ART
Regularly chose to engage art over entertainment or distraction.
FOOD
Farm to Table isn’t a new trend. Engage the process somewhere in addition to buying and eating.
MUSIC/SINGING
Sing and/or make music with those in your household at least once a week.