Week 7: Chapter 6 — Waking Up and Putting Our Phones Down

1.Crouch addresses the habit many of us have of checking our phones within minutes — sometimes seconds — of waking up. What does this habit do to the first moments of consciousness in the day? What might those moments be for instead?

2.He argues that the bedroom has a unique importance as a place of rest, intimacy, and vulnerability — and that the presence of a phone in the bedroom fundamentally changes its character. Do you agree? What has the phone's presence in your bedroom cost you?

3.Crouch notes that the "last hour before sleep" is neurologically and spiritually significant. What does research suggest about screen use and sleep quality? And what might be lost spiritually when the last thing we process before sleeping is a social media feed?