One week down, one more to go. And the most instersting parts haven't always been the learning 'inside' the classes, but when something in the classes has reminded me of 'outside' of the class.
Comedian Craig Shoemaker made a couple of very interesting FB posts back in June (used with his permission)...
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"right column on fb reminds me my anniversary is in 3 weeks, then prompting me to send my wife a message. if i have to send my love a note thru facebook, forgetting my wedding date is the least of my concerns"
"att phone brags u can talk & surf at the same time. 4g ads race download against a car. another phone u can text a girl out, get response in 2 secs on a ski lift...really?...we're connected to everything, but one another"
How is it that we've become a society that can connect with people through media so much that we need reminders to tell us things, yet we can't take a moment to simply go face-to-face with someone and say HI or "How's it going with you?" Then, people in church complain because we never see anyone to invite to church.
How is all of this possible?
If you read the Book of Acts, you'll see that the disciples didn't wait for people to come to them - they went to the people!
Maybe we "rethink" all of this modern technology and how we use it, and then look in our history books at how people did this amazing things in days-gone-by...they walked down the street, said "hi" to the people in their neighborhood (because they knew them BECAUSE they walked through the neighborhood), and offer a hand when we see someone needing it, instead of seeing how fast they could zoom by in their cars or instead of having their noses plastered to a smartphone screen.
Do you ever think of what God is thinking when He sees us using our thumbs for nothing more now than texting?
