A New Day

It is January 21st and I am sitting in my office preparing for bible study and thinking about our new website and how easy it is to be in touch with people in this new age of technology. The website for the church is almost ready to launch. The domain name will be estonunitedchurch.ca The church uses Facebook and Twitter and now a website. Such different ways of communicating these days. Unlike the communication during 1st century Palestine when Jesus was calling his disciples to come with him and fish for people. We can do that so quickly these days. It makes me wonder if we really always read and agree with all that we follow, all those tweets, Facebook pages and blogs. The disciples and Jesus had to do so much of their work manually, walking for long distances in the hot dry weather, relying on the generosity of those who they met along the way. We sit at our desks, or on our phones, or tablets and we just make contact. Are we losing the ability to have a conversation with one another. I was with a friend the other day and we were both on our tablets, yet both in the same room and hardly a word passed between us. Sometimes I wonder if all this technology is really the best thing.... It is definitely faster, but does that make us actually pack more into our already busy schedules. When was the last time we left all our electronics alone and just had a great visit with someone and talked, really talked. Just my musings for the morning.....