There are few more pressing tasks for contemporary Christians than that of coming to grips with the technological world that is rapidly developing and shifting around us, and which is becoming our primary social environment.

To that end, I have found the work of Michael Sacasas peculiarly perceptive and helpful. I highly recommend that people follow his blog, The Frailest Thing.

In "Token Ethicists and Non-existent Moral Communities", Sacasas explores the difficulty of addressing technology appropriately, as we lack "a relevant moral community with either the prerequisite coherence or authority to effectively grapple with the problems we face."

A few months ago, a friend introduced me to the work of the Jewish scholar, Rabbi David Fohrman. Reading his work and watching many of his videos on his AlephBeta site have been immensely rewarding for me in my understanding of Scripture. Rabbi Fohrman is a very skilled reader of the biblical text, noticing a great many things that other scholars miss.

In "Understanding Pharoah's Dream", he discusses the symbolic significance of Pharaoh’s dream, how Joseph may have been able rightly to interpret it, and how it shed light on the meaning of Joseph’s own life. This video will give you a taste of Rabbi Fohrman’s work, and a glimpse into the way that many biblical narratives harbor richer treasures than our typical forms of reading can discover.

• Darkness and Light
• The Day of the Lord: A Theology of Light
• Living as People of the Light

Social media has transformed the way that we experience conflict in Christian circles.

More than ever before, we are entangled in controversies that have arisen in contexts far removed from our own local situations. These controversies can powerfully shape the way that we relate to others, even within our locality, and can eat up our precious our time and attention. They come with a false urgency, seeming to demand engagement on our part. Yet they can blow over as swiftly as they arrived, leaving us that little bit more short-tempered and less inclined to love others.

In "The Real Place For Conflict", Justin Franks offers some wisdom for prudent engagement in—or more typically, disengagement from—such controversy.