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During the week of March 13, 2010, Facebook officially supplanted Google as the Internet’s most poular destination.  I’m not sure how I feel about this as I’m an avid Google user and an avid Facebooker.  I’m also contemplating what this says about our culture…maybe now, 10 or so good years into it, we’re learning our way around the internet well enough that a search engine is not quite as useful (or fun) as Facebook…?  Maybe it states that we’re more into ourselves than the rest of the world out there b/c we’re chatting with friends and checking status updates more often then seeking out new information.  Maybe it means that Google shouldn’t have gone to the “clean” look last year.  Maybe it means that despite all its efforts, Google still has more competition out there (like Yahoo or Bing) than Facebook (myspace…and….?).  Maybe it just shows that there are more young people online than old people.  hmmmm.

Isaiah 3:14 - “…the plunder from the poor is in your houses.”  I’m reading “Simple Spirituality” by Christopher Heuertz and he quoted this verse in his mantra about giving and keeping.  It’s kicking my butt.  I can’t get it out of my head.  He claims that it’s not what we give, but what we keep that defines the depth of our love for those who are poor.  I agree with him.

Just read this article about a Christian response to the Gulf spill.  Very convincing and convicting.  The Church can’t be silent on this one.  The environment is getting trashed, thousands are losing their livelihoods, and BP seems to be reluctant to even do anything.  hm.

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Bluegrass is awesome.  Bluegrass festivals are even better.  I think I like Bluegrass so much because is was born from mountain people with few posessions who endured a tough esistence eeking out a life on what little crops can be grown in thin, rocky soil.  Yet, despite these conditions, much of the original music was about the “sweet savior Jesus” and the “home a’waitin’.”

  Like one of my seminary professors once said, “show me a Christian who has suffered, and I’ll show you a mature Christian.”  true.  true.

Why would God create hell? —Erwin McManus speaks to this big question

Praying for this beautiful city.

Antigua

Guatemala

So I just read that one study says that people who text while driving are 23 times more likely to get into a crash than those who don’t…but will making it illegal do any good?  It’s now illegal in our area to drive while texting.  I must admit, I’ve done this a few times, though I usually fear for my own safety and those around me while I do it.  I do wish I were as efficient at texting as some of my younger friends, who seem to be able to do it without thinking, whithout missing a beat…and without stopping a conversation.  But since I’m not…I won’t…

The same study done in Californina showed that slightly MORE people texted behind the wheel after the anti-texting law was put into place.

But maybe I wasn’t texting, officer, what if I was updating my blog?  I was updating my facebook status, I was looking up a number, I was dialing that number, I was looking at my GPS on my phone, ………………………………

do you think making it illegal will help or would you say “nobody is going to listen,” as Karen Cordova (17) of California says?

Is it even fair to make it illegal…what if you were just looking up a number to call, but it sure looked like you were texting…who’s to say?

Hillsong United really has a point here. Very good clip

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