Avoiding the Significant Part 2- Willingly Distracted and Indifferent

We continue our series on the curious question of "Why do we tend to avoid conversations of ultimate importance and divert our attention from these significant questions and ideas?" In this episode we want to look at the role that distraction plays in all of this. We are all guilty to some degree of being distracted but how much of our day do we fill with distractions that keep our attention away from what or who is of utmost importance?

Timestamps

1:57 Recap of part 1 and intro of part 2

2:54 Types of distractions: Phones

4:47 Types of distractions: Television & Movies

6:40 Types of distractions: Busyness and Careers

8:40 Types of distractions: Pleasures

9:36 Blaise Pascal Quote about about our inability to sit alone quietly

14:02 Breakdown of Luke 14 and how the parable of the host of the great banquet applies to our distracted everyday lives.

21:49 Practical encouragement and advice

 

Music by Brian Buchanan

Photo by Juan Pablo Serrano Arenas from Pexels