The advent of the Internet, along with mobile devices that ensure our 24/7 connection with it, has changed us and continues to change us. And by “us” I mean not only all of humanity in general, but more specifically the smaller “us” that are church communities. While “we,” as the broader globalized society of today, are beginning to comprehend What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains—as Nicholas Carr entitled his excellent book on this question—it is also necessary that “we,” as both lay and monastic members of today’s churches, contemplate how we are being changed or re-formed through the Internet and social media.
