The nine goods.
The tempter cannot create — only distort. So every made thing participates in some real created good God did make. These nine are the goods most concentrated in screens and the tools coming after them. Each is a distinct discipline of discernment.
Light
What am I beholding — and what is it making of me?
Presence
Does this bridge a real distance toward fuller presence — or substitute for presence I could have?
Image
Is this image a window I look through to Christ, or a mirror I look at?
Word
Is this word-act building up (creating, blessing, revealing) or tearing down (manipulating, cursing, deceiving)?
Memory
Is this preserving testimony that turns me toward God — or curating a self I worship or escape into?
Gathering
Is this a real gathering that draws me toward the embodied body of Christ — or a login that lets me feel gathered while staying alone?
Time
Does this honor time's God-given edges (rest, season, limit) — or dissolve them into a frictionless “anytime” that counterfeits eternity?
Beauty
Does this beauty lift my eyes to the Creator — or terminate in glamour, objectification, or aesthetic consumption?
Naming
Does this name and recognize persons in their God-given dignity — or reduce them to data, labels, and metrics?