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Media Fasting
Six Weeks to Recharge in ChristBy Sr. Nancy Usselmann FSP
Length5h 8m
About this audiobook
Do you ever feel sluggish, anxious, or overwhelmed after too much screen time? Does media leave you feeling disconnected from God? Recharge your spiritual life and find freedom and peace with Media Fasting, a six-week journey to grow closer to God and develop a Christ-centered strategy for your media use. Evaluate your current media habits; create your own media fasting plan; and deepen your relationship with Jesus Christ through daily devotional readings, reflection questions, and prayers.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length5 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 12, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
41Wednesday—Celebrity Icons
2Foreword
42Thursday—Pop Culture Catechism
3Introduction
43Friday—Saints as Cultural Mystics
4How to Use This Book
44Saturday—Mary, the First Influencer: Media Fast Check-in
5Part 1 – SPIRITUALLY DRAINED
45Week 5. Creating Communion
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6Blessing and Curse
46Sunday—Echo Chamber Prejudices
7What Is Fasting?
47Monday—Gaming Groups
8Effects of Media Fasts
48Tuesday—Concert Connection
9Ways of Media Fasting
49Wednesday—Recognizing Our Humanity
10Making a Media Fast Plan
50Thursday—Gauging Authentic Friendships
11Getting Started
51Friday—FOMO
12Part 2 – SPIRITUAL RECHARGE
52Saturday—Digital Prayer: Media Fast Check-in
13Week 1. Paring Down to the Essentials
53Week 6. Transforming the Culture
14Sunday—Between Me and God
54Sunday—The Common Good
15Monday—True Greatness
55Monday—Sacramental Worldview
16Tuesday—Tuning Out Chaos
56Tuesday—Consumerism
17Wednesday—Instagramification
57Wednesday—Cancel Culture
18Thursday—Facing Burnout
58Thursday—Culture of Life
19Friday—iGods
59Friday—A Communicative Love
20Saturday—Digital Detox: Media Fast Check-in
60Saturday—Spiritual Transformation: Media Fast Check-in
21Week 2. Choosing the Good Life
61Conclusion: Moving Forward with My Media
22Sunday—Personal Integrity
62Spirituality for a Digital Age
23Monday—Sharing Good News
63Acknowledgments
24Tuesday—Demythologizing Porn
64Appendix A: Media Addictions
25Wednesday—Online Be-Attitudes
65Appendix B: Pornography
26Thursday—The Lasso Effect
66Appendix C: Prayers
27Friday—The Reality of Evil
67Prayer to Be Media Mindful
28Saturday—Hope in an Anxious World: Media Fast Check-in
68Canticle of Praise for the Media in Today’s World
29Week 3. Being Media Mindful
69Proclaiming Christ through the Media Arts
30Sunday—Our Music Canon
70Litany of Media Saints for Media Mindfulness
31Monday—Binge-Watching
71A Prayer to Discern the Cries of Humanity in Popular Music
32Tuesday—Is Google the New God?
72Appendix D: Practices
33Wednesday—Discerning Ideologies
73Examination of Conscience for My Online Life
34Thursday—Gender Disinformation
74Spiritual Works of Mercy
35Friday—The Swiping Game
75Corporal Works of Mercy
36Saturday—Examination of My Online Life: Media Fast Check-in
76Cinema Divina
37Week 4. Becoming Cultural Mystics
77Praying the News
38Sunday—Praying the News
78Novena of Prayer for Celebrities
39Monday—Praying for Media Creators
79About Pauline Media Studies
40Tuesday—Cinema Divina
80Back cover
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