What a Technotheologist actually does
Practices
A tradition is what its people do, not what its people say. Each practice below states roughly how long it takes and whether it can be done alone, so it can be chosen honestly rather than aspirationally.
- 10–20 minutes Digital Reflection A structured way of using a conversational system to examine a question you already care about. You bring the problem and the provisional answer. The machine supplies material. The judging stays with you.
- 30 minutes, or longer if it holds you Contemplative Coding The patient study or making of systems, undertaken as a spiritual discipline rather than as production. It does not require programming. Repairing a device, mapping a process, or documenting an overlooked problem all count.
- One to ten minutes The Sacred Pause A short, deliberate stop before a consequential technological decision, structured around eight questions. It is designed to be usable under time pressure, because that is the only condition under which it is ever needed.
- 60–90 minutes Communal Deliberation A way of gathering to examine a hard question without requiring that it be settled. Machines may summarise, translate, and locate evidence. The moral weight stays with the people who will live with the outcome.
- From ten minutes to many years Acts of Repair The deliberate mending of what is damaged: relationships, communities, ecosystems, institutions, data, software, and systems of trust. Repair is treated as a higher act than building something new and unbroken.
- A few hours to a full day, weekly or as often as it is possible The Offline Sabbath A recurring period held free of algorithmic feeds, targeted advertising, work notifications, and unnecessary digital mediation. It is not a rejection of technology. It is a recovery of attention, body, rest, and direct human presence.
- 5–20 minutes Meditation A plain, non-mystical contemplative practice: a short period of deliberately unproductive attention. Offered in several forms, including ones that do not require sitting still, closing your eyes, or being alone with your thoughts.
- A few minutes, as often or as rarely as suits you A Personal Guide to Beginning How to start, on your own, this week, without buying anything, joining anything, or telling anyone. Written for the person who found this site and does not know what they are supposed to do next.