Tesla recently changed the way it molded the rear underbody on some of its vehicles. Instead of piecing 70 different parts together, they built a massive 430 ton Giga Press to mold all of the parts into one. It is truly impressive! 

Unfortunately, we live in a Giga Press world. The world’s values and messages are heated up, liquified, and poured into our souls without us even knowing it is taking place. 

The Apostle Paul delivers a warning about our “Giga Press” world when he states in Romans 12:2, “Be not conformed to the pattern of this world.” In order to “be not conformed”, we need disruptive spiritual practices to have the strength to overcome the pressures of our “Giga Press” culture. With this in mind, you will benefit from taking time to read and process the article, “Pilgrims in the Machine”. 

“The tools of the Machine invite us into their own rhythms and patterns: the incessant checking of messages, the compulsive need to know what is happening “out there” in the world or “over there” on that platform. We cradle the tools of the Machine. We brush their glassy faces and keep them closer than our own children. We allow the tools to direct our thoughts and emotions, to shepherd the flow of our neurochemistry and our spirit. We feel helpless when we try and break away, suddenly discovering we are addicts, or else possessed by some diabolical digital spirit.

I have served as a godparent in an Orthodox baptism, and one of the most unusual moments was when the priest asked me this question as I held the baby: “Do you renounce Satan, and all his angels, and all his works, and all his service, and all his pride?”He asked this question three times, and three times I had to answer yes. Even stranger, after answering I was required to turn away toward the door of the church (away from the sanctuary) and to spit. Imagine responding to the internet this way? Do you renounce the internet, and all its tools, and all its works, and all its services, and all its pride? Yes, yes, and yes! If it were only so easy.

Read the whole article for yourself, and find a friend to talk with about how you will create disruptive spiritual practices in your life in order to avoid the “Giga Press” of our world.