I love technology. There is so much it brings to us and so much that it accomplishes. In todays society the technology of growth is the computer. The computer helped precipitate many things we have today, but most of all the sharing of information.
Some people have complained that they don't see the need for the computer and feel that it is unimportant and they will never use one. Those same people, through history, would have complained about electricity, the telephone, the automobile. Where would be without those advances in technology?
That is why it is so exciting to see my church embracing the technology of the computer and the benefit that it brings. From the new website (which is going through several stages of unveiling, so stay tuned), to the use of multiple websites for marketing and discussion. My church is pushing information out to people, interacting with them outside the church walls, and dipping their foot into the world of the Web 2.0.
In addition to www.christian-life.com, we now have www.celebrateamerica.ws, and starting this Sunday www.search4significance.com. This dialogue over the next month is going to be an awesome thing to witness and participate in. I encourage you to make a visit to the site a part of your daily routine, as this blog unfolds.
The computer is here and it is part of our society, and the church. Enjoy it, embrace it...grow from it.
2 comments:
I love technology too however on the flip side I find the more communication tools I have the less value I get. I used to look forward to meeting up with people over coffee or food but now thoes same people became quick email or IM contacts instead of a valued face to face meeting.
As an Amateur Radio operator (ham) since 93 I have gotten accustomed to short to the point contacts. I found the with IM, text, and email that most conversation has become a QP and SP or SH (quick post, short phrase, short hand).
Dave N3PRO
Face to face is a tough thing to come by. In the print revolution, families sat on the front porch and talked face to face with each other and their entire neighborhood. Then the broadcast revolution took the families inside and they watched television, but usually as a family. Now the digital revolution has taken the family and put them individually at computers.
I guess we just need to wait for the point, where the computer, television and video phone as one unit, are common in all homes.
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