Five Steps to Navigating Technology

Media promises connection yet quietly disconnects you from your most vital relationships – God and neighbor. Join John Troyer in this insightful and honest look at technology and its effect on you as an individual as well as the broader church.

• You will be reminded of the principles that have defined the Anabaptist church and how they apply to the world of technology.
• You will be reaffirmed in the purpose for which you were created – relationships beginning with Jesus as the core and then extending out into loving your neighbor.
• You will be challenged to examine to whom you are giving the power of influence.
• You will be cautioned against the peril of using technology as a source of entertainment.
• You will be urged to practice the principles that you know to be true.

1. Principle: Remember the fundamental beliefs we as Anabaptist have held to and why media is even a concern for us.
2. Purpose: Media promises to keep us connected while robbing us from our relationships that are most important to us: God and our neighbor.
3. Power: Media will influence and change us! Will we allow it to serve or sever our relationships!
4. Peril: We must keep the principle that media is a tool and not an entertainment piece – if we don’t, we will lose valuable relationships.
5. Practice: The effectiveness of our practice is not in the perfection of our application but in the blessing of God to apply the principles we know and value.

Five Steps to Navigating Technology was presented by John Troyer at CASBI 2023 held at Pleasant View School, Arcola, IL on March 3-4, 2023.