A Prayer for Using Technology Well

Each week, after I write the main post, a few days later, I send an accompanying prayer related to the topic. I am doing in this in part for me: I always am on the hunt for more written prayers. I use written prayers often in my work to pray for larger groups, but I also love written prayers for my personal piety. Sometimes it is nice when I do not have the words to use someone else’s.

The below prayer is in response to my latest post on navigating technology with kids.

God, you are bigger and sturdier than the seemingly chaotic changes and ground swells in our world. When everything around us is shifting, you are the stabilizing force.

New innovations arrive on the scene every day: artificial intelligence, upgraded devices, more ways to be constantly connected. Help us use these inventions for good—to build our relationships and help one another—rather than to grow distant from each other and satisfy our greed.

Few things in life are all good or all bad. It is the intention we bring tha…