Rule Your Tech: (So It Doesn't Rule You)

A Christian Leader’s Guide to Wise Tech Use That Keeps You Calm, Focused and Flourishing

Rule Your Tech (So It Won’t Rule You) is for Christian leaders longing to flourish in an age of distraction, exhaustion and digital overwhelm. Short and accessible, it gives a clear, evidence-based understanding of how digital devices shape our minds, relationships and spiritual lives. It draws deeply from Scripture, neuroscience and the timeless wisdom of Christian formation to help readers receive technology’s gifts while setting firm, life-giving boundaries around its place in our homes and hearts. The message is simple and hopeful: attention is formation — and through small daily habits, Christians can reclaim attention to regain calm, focus and fruitful service.

Jedd Medefind is a husband, father, friend and a committed follower of Jesus. He frequently writes and speaks on issues of leadership, spiritual formation, wise technology use and limits, and key factors in human flourishing. For nearly two decades, Jedd has served as President of the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO), which unites more than 300 respected organizations in jointly-owned initiatives to better the lives of vulnerable children and families. Previously, Jedd led the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives under President George W. Bush. He also held several posts in the California State Legislature. Jedd has worked, studied, and served in more than forty countries, from Christian Life Bangladesh to Price-Waterhouse in Moscow. He’s authored five books and many articles, both academic and popular, with outlets ranging from the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post to Christianity Today and The Gospel Coalition. Jedd and his wife Rachel live in Falls Church, VA with their five children. He loves adventures with his family and friends, especially backpacking, fly fishing, or anything else in the great outdoors – including their recent 250-mile traverse of California’s John Muir Trail as a family of seven.

“Please read this short book - it's filled with wisdom and hope! We are all trying to navigate a world swimming in technology. Jedd isn't asking you to throw your phone away; he's very kind, and wise. I've begun to implement some of these suggestions and this will rescue you and your household!"
—John Eldredge
Author, Wild at Heart

“Our smartphones and other devices offer us many benefits. But they come at a cost. They can also drive anxiety, splinter our focus, and diminish our family life, ministry, and more. Jedd has written a gift to any leader who wants to help others and themselves. Rule Your Tech is essential reading on navigating the good of technology while avoiding its harms. It offers deep insight paired with a simple vision for regaining our calm, focus, and joy. We all know screens impact us, and this book will help you understand why and guide you thoughtfully in what to do about it.”
—Beth Guckenberger
Author, Executive Director of Back2Back

“We deeply need a worldwide movement to rethink the role of tech in our lives, and above all our children’s lives. This is a crucial, readable, clear call to chart a different path than the default settings of our devices — and the culture that has produced them.”
—Andy Crouch
Author, The Tech-Wise Family and The Life We’re Looking For

“Few books have challenged me so much in so few pages. Jedd beautifully combines extensive research, biblical truth, and grace-saturated wisdom to expose the subtle ways technology forms us and offers a hopeful path toward living with greater intention. His words carry weight because they flow from a life that reflects the message he shares. He doesn't simply point to a better way — he helps us see it, believe it's possible, and invites us to walk it with him. I found myself challenged page after page — not by guilt, but by a beautiful vision of a life marked by greater presence, deeper relationships, and a more attentive walk with Christ.”
—Jamie Finn
Author, Foster the Family and Filled

““I have long appreciated Jedd’s voice on technology and discipleship to Jesus. I’m so glad the world can now have it in book form.”
—Justin Whitmel Earley
Author, Habits of the Household, Made for People and The Body Teaches the Soul