Doom-Scrolling
Hope-Scrolling
What we behold, we become.
Culture is constantly de-forming us through distraction, disconnection and despair. The greatest tool for this de-formation? Technology.
Our feeds are forming us, whether we want them to or not - the data doesn’t lie.
Scrolling our lives away
The average person scrolls on their phone a distance of 300 feet a day - the height of the status of liberty.
A distressed generation
30% of Gen Z report feeling lonely or feelings of perpetual uncertainty.
The “doom” in “doom-scrolling”
60% of young adults say they feel more anxious after time online.
The Church isn’t immune, either.
The habit gap
73% of practicing Christians want to grow spiritually, but struggle to stay consistent outside of Sunday.
Spiritual stagnation
34% of pastors are majorly concerned with the spiritual stagnation of their congregants.
There is hope.
The hope-scrolling movement is made of these three shifts.
Distraction -> Attention
We will become a people who use technology to focus, not fragment, our minds.
"I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken." - Psalm 16:8
We will not focus our minds on just anything…we will focus on what matters most: how Jesus lives and moves among us.
Despair -> Hope
"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable... think about these things... and the God of peace will be with you." - Philippians 4:8-9
We will not keep these moments to ourselves - we will share them with our community that we may build one another up in faith and love.
Disconnection -> Connection
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” - Hebrews 10:24-25
