The more I confess the better I feel. Now I am sure that I am not alone on this confession but it is something I struggle with. I don't have ADD or anything like that but I am prone to distraction (even at church). For the last two years I have carried a little device in my pocket that allows me to access almost anything from anywhere.
My confession is that I check my phone during church
(Now that I said it I feel much better)
I love my church. I am super stoked to be a part of what God is doing on Peninsula but every now and then I find myself checking my phone. This didn't just start since we moved but it has been a reoccurring problem in my life.
I usually avoid this during the message but there are that I find myself "checking in" on Facebook during the announcements. I am usually pretty good about avoiding checking my feed so that is a plus.
Then it gets worse. Sometimes I like to quote something that we are singing or a point that my pastor shares. I open this amazing app called Twitter and go for the post. Since Twitter automatically takes me to my feed I tend to find myself checking it for about 20 seconds and then quickly lock my phone so I can stay dialed into the message.
The real confession begins now because we are in a time of the year that I love: Football Season. When Football season comes around I find it easier to justify checking my phone. I want to see how the Chargers are doing and who the Raiders are loosing to.
The only solution to this problem that I currently have is to keep my phone in my pocket during service... but that doesn't always happen.
My suggestion is to turn off your phone during church, and if you use it as a bible get one of those real fancy book-bound bibles.
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing, but since I started turning it off I go to check it and it's too much work to turn it on again!
:)
Another solution: come to church in the remote mountainous regions of Northern California where there is no signal available in the sanctuary.
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