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Part 1: Make Every Moment Matter

• Article: Eric Geiger, “11 Ways I Am Minimizing the Downside of Using Social Media.”

• Matt Wolf’s update of one of the letters from C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters.

• Book Chapter: “The Leader and Time” from Spiritual Leadership by Oswald Sanders.

• Documentary on Netflix: The Social Dilemma.

• Book: The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukainoff and Jonathan Haidt.

Part 2: How to Defeat Fear

• Devotional: Fearless

• Book: The God-Shaped Brain: How Changing Your View of God Transforms Your Life by Timothy Jennings, M.D.

Part 3: Turning Off In a World That’s Always On

• Article: Anna Lembke, “Digital Addictions are Drowning us in Dopamine” in the WSJ.

• Article: Caroline Burke, “9 Ways to Cut Down Your Screen Time Every Day”

• Article: David Nield, “Try Grayscale Mode to Curb Your Phone Addiction” from WIRED

• Book: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul

Part 4: A Fortress For Your Family

• SIGN UP FOR A FREE COPY OF The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place by Andy Crouch.

• Next-Gen Resources Page

• Article: Jonathan Haidt and Jean M. Twenge, “This Is Our Chance to Pull Teenagers Out of the Smartphone Trap” in the NYT.

• Podcast: “Jean Twenge on Rising Anxiety, Depression, Isolation and Smartphones in Gen Z, and What That Means for Them and for Leaders,” The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

• Book: Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane, Screen Kids: 5 Relational Skills Every Child Needs in a Tech-Driven World.

Part 5: ProtectING Your Path In a SeX-Saturated Society

• Message: “Sex, Lies, & Jesus” by Matt Wolf

• Book: Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With? by Sam Allberry.

• Book Chapter: “The Porn Path” from Real Marriage by Mark Driscoll.

• Article: “The Porn-Free Family Plan” by Tim Challies

• Software: Covenant Eyes.

• Free in-person and online conference, “The Compelling and Credible Gospel: The Church and Human Sexuality.”. October 29, 2021. Denver Seminary. Register here.

Part 6: The Mission Over MYself

• Article: Eric Geiger, “10 Proverbs for Consuming and Contributing on Social Media.”

• Article: Carey Nieuwhof, “When Christians Lose Their Minds, People Lose Their Faith.”

• Article: Trevin Wax, “Are You Missional? 10 Diagnostic Questions.”

• Book: BLESS: 5 Everyday Ways to Love Your Neighbor and Change the World by Dave and Jon Ferguson.