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    Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life
    Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life
    Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life
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    Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life

    By Arlene Pellicane and Gary Chapman

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    For those feeling overloaded with technology…

    Let’s face it: most of us are on our phones or computers way more than we’d like to be, and more than what’s even beneficial. We know that overuse of technology is harmful to our health and relationships, but how can we rewire our digital habits for a healthier life?

    In Calm, Cool, and Connected, Arlene Pellicane will walk you through an easy 5-step plan that will help you center your life on Jesus and love others by decluttering your screen time. By introducing a few easy habits into your daily routine, you can transform your relationship with technology and enjoy more time with God and others.

    It's easy to become consumed and preoccupied with our devices. In turn, we begin to suppress or ignore what’s most important, focusing instead on the urgent and sensational. Let this book guide you toward balanced technology use, and thus a more balanced life. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoody Publishers
    Release dateSep 5, 2017
    ISBN9780802496140
    Author

    Arlene Pellicane

    Arlene Pellicane is an author and speaker who formerly served as the associate producer for Turning Point Television with Dr. David Jeremiah.  Arlene and her family make their home in southern California.

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      Calm, Cool, and Connected - Arlene Pellicane

      Praise for Calm, Cool, and Connected

      Calm, Cool, and Connected is the book I have been wishing someone would write. Filled with practical insights and helpful tips, it is a manifesto for all of us parents who are navigating the new frontier of raising kids who have the world at their fingertips, literally. If you ever struggle with guilt about how much your kids are on screens or wage battle with your own proclivity to check email six times an hour, Arlene offers sanity without shaming and provides a way forward that is both life giving and realistic.

      MANDY ARIOTO

      President and CEO of MOPS International and author of Starry-Eyed: Seeing Grace in the Unfolding Constellation of Life and Motherhood

      In this screen age of distraction, disconnection, and addiction, Calm, Cool, and Connected offers us a better way. Thank you Arlene—this book is timely, extremely practical, and a great resource.

      SYLVIA HART FREJD

      Founder and Executive Director, Center for Digital Wellness, Liberty University

      Would you like a healthier family life? More joy? Deeper connections? Have you noticed your children being stressed and anxious? What about you? Arlene Pellicane will help you see how your technology use is relevant. Yes, yours. Children tell me all the time that they wish their moms would put down their phones. Many moms want to. Arlene will help you do that and more. Her personal illustrations, compelling data, and practical ideas will inspire you to make realistic changes. They’re doable, directly related to real concerns, and will result in greater contentment. You can learn to be a new and better you!

      KATHY KOCH

      Founder/president of Celebrate Kids, Inc., and author of Screens and Teens: Connecting with Our Kids in a Wireless World

      In today’s culture, no longer are phones used just for calling; instead, they are multipurpose mechanisms that are calling the shots in our lives—dictating how we spend a great majority of our daily waking moments. As a result, I can only think of about three people I know personally—who don’t own a cell phone—that wouldn’t benefit from the advice in Calm, Cool, and Connected. For the rest of us, the time is long overdue! Arlene’s wise insight into this tangled, technical problem coupled with scads of creative, concrete solutions will inspire you to put down your devices so you can spend less time touching screens and more time touching lives instead.

      KAREN EHMAN

      Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Keep It Shut and Listen, Love, Repeat

      Arlene Pellicane has addressed head-on the silent foe of our day—our dependence on technology. As we steward ourselves and the next generation, all moms should read Calm, Cool, and Connected! It’s a beautiful blend of practical and spiritual reasons why our dependence on cellphones harms the very things we long for most. Arlene wraps the warnings about the hidden dangers of our phone in a way that brings hope and reminds us, it’s not too late to change.

      GLYNNIS WHITWER

      Author of Doing Busy Better

      Executive Director of Communications at Proverbs 31 Ministries

      Arlene’s words convicted me from the moment I saw the title! The sentence that spoke the most to me? Your spouse is more interesting than your phone. This book gave me the reasoning and motivation to back away from my screen and take steps toward those I love.

      DANNAH GRESH

      Creator of Secret Keeper Girl and author of The 20 Hardest Questions Every Mom Faces: Praying Your Way to Realistic, Biblical Answers

      Calm, Cool, and Connected is not only a great guidebook to creating intentional relationships and healthy living but it also provides suggestions for how to live life more fully face-to-face. Our lives are fuller because we choose to connect with others in real time and limit greatly the screen time in our home. Kudos to Arlene for addressing a growing problem in our society in a very practical and useful way.

      JOANNE AND DAN MILLER

      Authors, Creating a Haven of Peace and 48 Days to the Work You Love

      In this excellent and timely book, author Arlene Pellicane has defined a plan for staying connected in this electronic age. Through building a productive, yet cautious relationship with one’s devices, you can be calm, cool, and connected.

      MEL CHEATHAM

      Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery

      If you sometimes struggle, as I do, to use technology in a balanced way, Calm, Cool, and Connected is a must read. Arlene offers practical suggestions and doable strategies that will equip you to be more intentional when it comes to your screen time.

      ASHLEIGH SLATER

      Author of Braving Sorrow Together and Team Us

      It is a two-edged sword, this digital age. Like dynamite, digital tools can be a force for greatness in connecting people and creating opportunities; however, on the other hand, digital power can blow lives apart if not used with care. In Calm, Cool, and Connected, Arlene Pellicane shows us how to maximize the blessings and benefits while minimizing the dangers and deceptions. In a world jam-packed with all things digital, this book is a must read!

      PAM FARREL

      Codirector, Love-Wise; author of Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti and 10 Best Decisions a Parent Can Make

      © 2017 by

      ARLENE PELLICANE

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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      Scripture quotations marked NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked KJV are taken from the King James Version.

      Edited by Annette LaPlaca

      Interior Design: Ragont Design

      Cover Design: Erik M. Peterson

      Author photo: Anthony Amorteguy

      Cover photo of woman holding phone copyright © 2016 by Javier Pardina / Stocksy (1048985). All rights reserved.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Pellicane, Arlene, 1971- author.

      Title: Calm, cool, and connected : 5 digital habits for a more balanced life / Arlene Pellicane.

      Description: Chicago : Moody Publishers, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017018853 (print) | LCCN 2017030561 (ebook) | ISBN 9780802496140 | ISBN 9780802496133

      Subjects: LCSH: Technology--Religious aspects--Christianity. | Smartphones. | Social media. | Time management--Religious aspects--Christianity.

      Classification: LCC BR115.T42 (ebook) | LCC BR115.T42 P45 2017 (print) | DDC 261.5/2--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017018853

      We hope you enjoy this book from Moody Publishers. Our goal is to provide high-quality, thought-provoking books and products that connect truth to your real needs and challenges. For more information on other books and products written and produced from a biblical perspective, go to www.moodypublishers.com or write to:

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      To my mentor Pam Farrel, with gratitude for investing in me and so many others. You are an example of living generously, connecting people to God and to each other.

      Contents

      Foreword

      Introduction: It Is Well with My Phone

      Quiz: How Calm, Cool, and Connected Are You?

      1.  H = Hold Down the Off Button

      2.  A = Always Put People First

      3.  B = Brush Daily: Live with a Clean Conscience

      4.  I = I Will Go Online with Purpose

      5.  T = Take a Hike

      Conclusion: Enjoy the View

      Discussion Group Questions

      10 Easy Questions to Connect

      Notes

      About the Author

      More from the Author

      Friend,

      Thank you for choosing to read this Moody Publishers title. It is our hope and prayer that this book will help you to know Jesus Christ more personally and love Him more deeply.

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      Thanks again, and may God bless you.

      The Moody Publishers Team

      Foreword

      We are living in rapidly changing technological times. The vast majority of Americans—95 percent—own a cellphone of some kind. Seventy-seven percent of those are smartphones, which is more than double the number reported in 2011. Phones are everywhere—in the pockets of middle schoolers, among the rich

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