{"id":19891,"date":"2025-10-15T04:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=19891"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:41:08","slug":"season-27-episode-5-creative-work-partnering-with-god-in-an-age-of-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2025\/10\/season-27-episode-5-creative-work-partnering-with-god-in-an-age-of-distraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 27: Episode 5 | Creative Work: Partnering with God in an Age of Distraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrap up our season <em>Taming our Technologies: [Spiritual] Practices for a Digital Age,<\/em> Ruth and Jay delve into the topic of technology\u2019s impact on deep and creative work. They discuss the transformative impact of technology on creativity, productivity, and the ability to perform deep, meaningful work. Jay highlights the distinction between human creativity and artificial intelligence, and Ruth shares personal insights from her writing process, stressing the sacred and divine nature of creative endeavors. Thank you for journeying with us this season as we explored the realities of technology and its impact on various aspects of our lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions to ponder this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u200a\u200aAsk regularly this week, \u201cGod, what have you given me to give to others?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u200aHow in touch am I with the deep work to which God has called me?\u200aAm I clear on what the work is for which I&#8217;ve been created and God has prepared for me?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We\u2019re back for Season 27, titled <em>Taming our Technologies: [Spiritual] Practices for a Digital Age.<\/em> This season we have a special co-host, pastor, author, and podcast host Jay Y. Kim! Jay will be joining Ruth all season long to explore the impact technology is having on our lives with God, our attention span, our parenting, our community, and our creativity. Jay and Ruth will wrestle with their own questions and wonderings about finding balance in using technology in good and helpful ways while also acknowledging its challenges. This season aims to be gracefully thought-provoking, practically helpful, and ultimately hopeful and encouraging.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19818 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Y-Kim-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Kim\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Y-Kim-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Y-Kim-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Y-Kim-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Y-Kim-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Y-Kim-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jay Kim <\/strong>serves as lead pastor at West Gate Church in the Silicon Valley of California. He&#8217;s the author of several books including <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4mXb674\">Analog Christian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3IiVls7\">Analog Church<\/a>, <\/em>and<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4nqVUPC\">Listen, Listen, Speak<\/a><\/em>. Jay also hosts the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-digital-examen\/id1724107431\"><em>Digital Examen<\/em> podcast<\/a> and much of his work focuses on the intersection of the digital age and spiritual formation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/strengthening-soul-your-leadership-ruth-haley-barton\/id1214483830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also access podcast on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ruth-haley-barton\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/41tz8kmZTi7wyYakvWUKZz\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"S27 Ep 5 | Creative Work: Partnering with God in an Age of Distraction\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=shegk-19886c8-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button outline\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-twenty-seven\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 27<\/a> <a class=\"button-secondary outline\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/\">Access past podcast seasons<\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p><strong>Mentioned in this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3IiVls7\">Analog Church<\/a> by Jay Y. Kim<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4mXb674\">Analog Christian<\/a> by Jay Y. Kim<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4mb595i\">Deep Work <\/a>\u00a0by Cal Newport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Music Credit:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist<\/li>\n<li>Chasing Butterflies from <em>Music in Solitude<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re launching our first video series!<\/strong> On October 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.podia.com\/ways-of-praying\"><em>Ways of Praying<\/em><\/a> will be available for purchase! Through reflection, guided silence, and heartfelt teaching, Ruth Haley Barton encourages leaders to move beyond \u201cthe honeymoon phase\u201d into deeper levels of intimacy with God. Each video guides you through a different kind of prayer practice, so you can discover the rhythms that resonate with your life and leadership. You can find out more and purchase <em>Ways of Praying <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.podia.com\/ways-of-praying%20\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Support the podcast!<\/strong> This season patrons will receive special bonus episodes that incorporate a spiritual practice to help balance out the technological woes discussed in each episode. Become a patron today by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/transformingcenter\">our Patreon page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/\">Transforming Center<\/a> exists to create space for God to strengthen leaders and transform communities. You are invited to join our next <em><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/tc\">Transforming Community<\/a>:\u00ae A Two-year Spiritual Formation Experience for Leaders.<\/em>\u00a0 Delivered in nine quarterly retreats, this practice-based learning opportunity is grounded in the conviction that the best thing you bring to leadership is your own transforming self! Learn more and apply <a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/transforming-community\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copywrite\">*this post contains affiliate links<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrap up our season Taming our Technologies: [Spiritual] Practices for a Digital Age, Ruth and Jay delve into the topic of technology\u2019s impact on deep and creative work.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[4590],"class_list":["post-19891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-season-27"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Season 27: Episode 5 | Creative Work: Partnering with God in an Age of Distraction - 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