The Digital Examen

Our devices demand so much from us on a daily basis, prompting us into a life of perpetual performance whether we recognize it or not. And as a result of the tumultuous sea of notifications and alerts that constantly require our mental space and publicly-appropriate responses, we can find ourselves sorely disconnected from ourselves, from others, and from God.

In this episode, host Jay Y. Kim welcomes the wisdom of Dr. Felicia Wu Song, the author of Restless Devices and a cultural sociologist. Together they delve into the ways that social media and other digital platforms push us toward both a self-centeredness as well as an outsized concern for how others might view us. In contrast, Dr. Song encourages us to implement practices in our lives that help us pursue and experience the benefits of healthy self-forgetfulness.

Tune in to learn the importance of creating spaces of stillness, cultivating self-awareness, and carving out opportunities to allow God's gentle voice to care for us.

Download a reflective guide to The Examen.

This episode highlights the following themes:

• The effects of performative digital identities on mental well-being
• Strategies for creating tech-free spaces for inward reflection and connection with God
• The necessity of being truly present with ourselves and others in a digitally-distracted age

Links from this episode:

• Learn more about Felicia Wu Song
• Read Restless Devices by Felicia Wu Song
• Visit Dr. Song’s website
• Read the transcript here

The world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.

Learn more about The Digital Examen

Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim

Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim

Links and Credits

✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.

✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson

✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts

✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble

✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson

✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard

✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech

Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

As an Amazon Affiliate, this channel earns commissions from qualifying purchases when you use the links above.

For better or for worse, the Internet is influencing us. The question is, how are we curating that formation and actively shaping instead of being shaped by the online world?

In this episode, host Jay Y. Kim discusses the digital age's challenges and opportunities for discipleship with Patrick Miller, a pastor, cultural commentator, and host of the popular news commentary podcast Truth Over Tribe. 

Drawing from his own digital expertise, Miller comments on the ways in which social media can warp our perception of our own competency, confuse the context of our content, and cause us to succumb to misinformed disagreements. Together, they envision a digital presence that instead can be marked by flourishing, integrity, and confession. 

By encouraging sober-minded engagement with social media, Kim and Miller hope to equip and inspire you to navigate the digital landscape with love, humility, and a heart tuned to God's mission.

Download a reflective guide to The Examen.

This episode highlights the following themes:

• Addressing the realities of being discipled by the internet
• Utilizing digital platforms for spiritual good
• The impact of tribalism

Links from this episode:

• Follow Patrick K. Miller on X
• Subscribe to the Truth Over Tribe podcast
• Read Truth Over Tribe by Patrick Miller
• Subscribe to Endeavor weekly newsletter
• Read Culture Care by Makoto Fujimura
• Read “Why Your Church Should Start a Parish Podcast” by Patrick Miller
• Read the transcript here

The world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.

Learn more about The Digital Examen

Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim

Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim

Links and Credits

✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.

✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson

✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts

✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble

✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson

✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard

✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech

Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

As an Amazon Affiliate, this channel earns commissions from qualifying purchases when you use the links above.

What kind of work has God called us to do, and how can we do this work without overdoing it? As we live and move in a culture that tilts toward workaholism, we need a renewed vision for God-oriented vocation and true rest.

This week on The Digital Examen, host Jay Y. Kim welcomes Dr. Carmen Imes, associate professor of Old Testament at Biola University. She offers paradigm-shifting insights on what it truly means to be human by redefining vocation as a whole-life endeavor and reforming our often lackadaisical understandings of rest. 

Through this conversation, Imes invites us to view our vocations as a shared stewardship of the world as God’s image-bearers, joining in his steadfast work of maintaining order and beauty in our own communities. 

Tune in to reflect on a life of purposeful contribution to human flourishing that is grounded in God’s loving collaboration with us.

Download a reflective guide to The Examen.

This episode highlights the following themes:

• A biblical understanding of work, vocation, and identity
• The physical and spiritual significance of practicing Sabbath
• Disentangling self-worth from professional achievements

Links from this episode:

• Learn more about Dr. Carmen Imes
• Read Being God’s Image by Dr. Imes
• Enroll in Dr. Imes’s free course on Exodus from the BibleProject
• Check out Dr. Imes's YouTube Channel
• Read Dr. Imes’s blog posts
• Read the transcript here

The world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.

Learn more about The Digital Examen

Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim

Resources

• Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim

Links and Credits

✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.

✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson

✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts

✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble

✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson

✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard

✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech

Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

As an Amazon Affiliate, this channel earns commissions from qualifying purchases when you use the links above. 

What is your rule of life?

Each and every person is following some sort of rule, whether consciously or unconsciously. In this episode, host Jay Y. Kim converses with esteemed teacher and author John Mark Comer to unpack this concept and to pursue what it means to follow a generative rule of life in our hurried, modern context.

Kim and Comer also discuss Comer’s recent book "Practicing the Way," in which he issues a timely call to reorient our lives around the person and teachings of Jesus. Together, they also offer profound reflections on the ways in which offering undivided attention is the highest form of demonstrating love to others. Finally, Comer challenges listeners to pursue curiosities and doubts alongside our community as opposed to traveling on our spiritual pathways alone.

This is a fascinating episode that explores the nonlinear journey of spiritual formation in a busy and distracted age, the weight of holistic listening, and the essential work of pursuing love and focus in our everyday lives and communities.

Download a reflective guide to The Examen.

This episode highlights the following themes:

• The transformative power of intentional spiritual disciplines in the digital era
• The concept of a 'rule of life' and its significance for personal growth
• Understanding attention as a form of love and its critical role in the digital age

Links from this episode:

• Get to know more about John Mark Comer
• Check out Practicing the Way's Free Resources
• Read The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, Live No Lies, and Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer
• Read Renovated by Jim Wilder
• Read the transcript here

The world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.

Learn more about The Digital Examen

Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim

Resources

• Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim

Links and Credits

✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.

✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson

✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts

✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble

✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson

✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard

✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech

Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

As an Amazon Affiliate, this channel earns commissions from qualifying purchases when you use the links above. 

How do the distractions and noise of the digital age affect our ability to truly perceive and listen to the voice of God? 

In this episode, host Jay Y. Kim invites us into the heart of thoughtful listening through reflection, slowing down, and storytelling.

Kim introduces readers to the ancient Christian practice that inspired this show: The Examen. As you move through the five key movements of contemplative prayer in this exercise, you will be able to thoughtfully examine your days with God.

Download a reflective guide outlining The Examen.

Through powerful storytelling drawn from his own personal experience, Kim underscores the human need and desire to listen, as well as the implied need for quiet. In an age of speed and hurry, Kim offers both a sound rationale as well as tools to begin the journey of sincere listening and to pursue a more peaceful pace of life.

This episode highlights the following themes:

• The necessity of listening throughout all of life
• Pursuing a pace of peace in a chaotic world
• An introduction to The Examen prayer practice
• The significance of patient attention and quiet reflection in the spiritual journey

The world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.

Learn more about The Digital Examen

Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim

Resources

• Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim
• Read How to Hear God by Pete Greig
• Read The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
• Learn more about Frederick William Faber
• Read The Listening Life by Adam McHugh
• Read the transcript here

Links and Credits

✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.

✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson

✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts

✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble

✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson

✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard

✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech

Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

As an Amazon Affiliate, this channel earns commissions from qualifying purchases when you use the links above. 

Welcome to The Digital Examen Podcast! 

Amid the noise and busyness of the digital age, it can feel impossible to hear God’s voice. Even though we can trust that God is always speaking, we struggle to foster the quiet needed to tune our ears, hearts, and minds in to his speech.

On The Digital Examen podcast, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim invites us on a journey, to truly listen and be present with God. By reckoning with the spiritual, mental, and physical effects of living in a digitally-saturated culture, Kim explores an alternative way of being in the world that is thoughtful, peaceful, and marked by presence.

Along this journey, Kim is joined by contemporary sages and scholars who offer holistic wisdom, daily practices, and personal research on living faithfully in an age of distraction.

Reflect and reorient through listening to Kim’s conversations with authors and teachers like John Mark Comer, Sarah Cowan Johnson, Rich Villodas, John Ortberg, Patrick Miller, and Kristel Acevedo.

Listeners will also learn from sociologist Felicia Wu Song, BibleProject co-founder Tim Mackie, therapist Regina Trammel, and biblical scholar Carmen Imes.

Join Kim and his conversation partners as they curate a space to pause, listen, and reflect with God.

Tune in to the first episode on January 10, 2024.

This episode highlights the following themes:

• Jay Y. Kim’s expertise at the intersection of spiritual formation and digital media
• The goal of The Digital Examen podcast
• Preview of topics and guests for the season

The world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In The Digital Examen, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.

Learn more about The Digital Examen

Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim

Links and Credits

✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.

✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson

✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts

✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble

✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson

✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard

✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech

Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.