Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Technology let downs

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I ”found out” that my phone/device drops calls. The article I read was about a press conference concerning the new iPhone and its antenna troubles. I knew my Blackberry dropped calls but hadn’t really considered it much until I heard about the rate of drops of other devices. Seems to me the comparison and insight into other’s “lives” caused Apple to adjust/lower their expectations. So Apple disclosed everyone else’s drops as if to say, “Everybody else is doing it!”

Didn’t our parents tell us that wasn’t a good excuse? And then our parents followed up with something like, “I expected more from you.” Which left us to sulk off to our rooms feeling about 2 inches tall.

Whether it is let downs in technology or life it seems to come back to the core of our being. We have a problem, but in life there is a solution. The sooner we come to grips with that the quicker we get on with life. Jesus said, “I have come that they [the sheep of his flock] may have life and have it to the full.” Check out some neat “technology” www.greatcommission2020.com and www.globalmediaoutreach.com

In public

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

One of our great church members sent a link around several months ago for a way to read the Bible on your mobile. I am not usually an early adopter so I put off downloading it. Plus, I’m not always so technically minded it took me awhile to figure out how to actually get it to my blackberry. However, after a couple of clicks an icon appeared and I actually had the Bible on my blackberry.

Next came the tough part…putting down brickbreaker during any “free” time. There were a couple of times I looked a verse or two up at a red light. No, I didn’t try to drive and read! I also used my blackberry to look up several verses for a Life Group lesson and to have another translation. However, one of the coolest times I read the Bible was at the mall. If you haven’t read the Bible in a truly public setting you need to give it a go. That context really affects your senses and your heart and mind.

Here you go, www.youversion.com