Without Internet

Well we have been without internet at the church and at home now for almost 3 days. You may be wondering how I am writing this blog post without internet, all I can say is a Blackberry is a wonderful thing. Anyway, throughout this time without internet there is something I have come to realize - not having the internet is like not having a car. You don't really realize how much your life revolves around it until you don't have it. For example, I really would like to do some research on Sunday School curriculum where the kids and adults are all learning the same thing. The problem is, without the internet I really can't look these things up. It really makes me wonder what people did 15 - 20 years ago when they wanted to do some research. I guess that people went to a library or something, but that doesn't seem to be as useful as it once was. This could be a reason why we are seeing the world change at a more rapid pace than ever before. Now instead of waiting months or years to find out what the new wave of thinking is by reading a book, it is now immediately at your finger tips on the World Wide Web. When someone figures out something new, or has a new idea and they mention it on the web it is available for everyone within a matter of seconds. Even those with a rudimentary knowledge of the Internet can find out what people are doing all over the world and whether or not it is beneficial to them. This has great impact for ministry because as ministers we need to, at the very least, know about these trends and possibly even utilize some of this within our own Ministry area.

So here I sit without internet, trying my best to surf the web on a cell phone - and boy can that be painful.
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