Screens vs Scripture: Who’s Really Shaping You? w/ Grace Ann Williams

Send us Fan MailEpisode 05: Screens vs Scripture: Who’s Really Shaping You? w/ Grace Ann Williams  Are your students spending more time on screens than in Scripture? What is that doing to their identity and habits? In today’s episode of Hot Takes and Holy Things, the hosts are joined by Grace Ann Williams, student ministry admin for the Family Church Network, to unpack the idea that screens may be shaping students more than God’s Word. From leaderboard updates in the Word of the Day segment to eye-opening stats on screen time, the conversation explores how social media fuels distraction and forms “distracted hearts.” The episode wraps with practical steps like app fasting, managing notifications, and refocusing on God’s Word, challenging listeners to memorize Scripture and find their identity in faith, not online validation.   Key Points From This Episode: An introduction to our guest speaker: Grace Ann Williams. Scoreboard update and Word of the day: Frame Mogging. Student Shoutout: To those being The Church out there. The Hot Take: Are our students being shaped more by screens or by scripture? Jarvis shares some statistics about students and their screens. Grace Ann highlights areas where the Bible should shape our lives, but where social media often takes over instead. Our thoughts on how social media is impacting identity among students. Grace Ann shares where her mind goes in scripture when she thinks about reflection and meditation. How often we should be going to scripture: It’s about frequency. What students can take away from today’s conversation on navigating the tension between screens and scripture. A challenge to our students: memorize Psalm 19:14. Quotes: “Frame mogging. The actual definition is when someone is physically bigger than another person and takes the spotlight away from them.” — Cole Bearden[00:06:29] “Our students pick up their phones on average about 113 times a day – and [get] over 200 notifications from an app a day. – Your phone isn't just something that you check every time. Your phone is actually something that's shaping you.” — Jarvis Koyate [0:09:49] “I think social media is also shaping the habits that our students are engaging in.” — Grace Ann Williams [00:13:03] “When it comes to these conversations about social media and good things to God things, the best place that we can go back to and ground ourselves, is in the scriptures.” — Jake Kimbrell [00:15:52] “Social media, while it promises us connection, it's really disguised as distraction.” — Jake Kimbrell [00:18:42] Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:  Matthew 13 ESV Psalm 19:14 ESV Psalm 1 ESV Family Church Students on Instagram Family Church Students Linktree Family Church Family Church on Instagram