Archive for April, 2008
Pray as you go: technology and prayer
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008I recently learned about a great website from a friend who has it set as her home page in her browser. Jesuit Media Initiatives has created pray-as-you-go, a daily podcast for a guided prayer time of about ten minutes. I’ve bookmarked it and now am trying to develop the habit of taking a prayer break […]
Aging, technology, and ministry
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Even though today’s seniors are more tech savvy than ever before, as people get older, their ability to deal with complex technology often declines. I sometimes wonder how those of us who are totally dependent on our computers and/or PDAs for everything will handle it when we start getting confused and forgetting passwords, having difficulty […]
Online “friends”
Friday, April 18th, 2008I had a conversation last night, in person, with a real life friend, about how the meaning of the word “friend” is being diluted these days, thanks to the influence of social networking sites like Facebook. A whole generation is growing up thinking that a “friend” is a contact, someone you are linked to by […]