Nicholas Carr, an expert on how technology is shaping our minds and lives, lamented how the Internet is, in his words, "chipping away at [his] capacity and contemplation." "My mind expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles." Then in an arresting image Carr writes, "Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski."

Possible Preaching Angles: This quote not only applies to how the Internet effects our lives; it also describes how many of us live our Christian life and practice spiritual disciplines—skimming along the surface rather than diving deep.