Monday Ministerial Musings
By Rev. Mark William Ennis
2023 Blog #30
July 24, 2023
Theological Reflections From A New Cell Phone
I am usually the last person I know to update my technology. I was the last person I know who got cable and among the last to get a cell phone. I remember that it took a while for me to learn how to use it. I confess that probably the first two dozen calls that I received on a cell phone were not answered. I couldn’t figure out how to do that.
Well, that was about twenty years ago and I am now on my fifth cell phone. It took me several years to figure out my fourth phone and I really liked it but I dropped it on hard surfaces too many times and it was starting to show problems. It was getting difficult to enter my password to use the phone. When I pushed the button for a number, a different number was entered. After two weeks I realized that it was time to upgrade once more. This week I got my newest cell phone. I am trying to get used to it.
So far I am doing quite well with the phone. After a few hours I was able to figure out how to take pictures, text, and even make a phone call. I am still dealing with pop-ups requesting that I download and install aps that I have never heard of and don’t know if they are good or bad for me. It only took me two hours to figure out how to access my Facebook account from the phone, but I got there. I’m still trying to figure out why text messages seem to “archive” when I am trying to read them but I’m sure that this learning will come.
It is never easy to have change in our lives or to learn to do new things. We easily get used to patterns, for better or worse. Nevertheless, even though change is difficult progress is good. One of the things that we do to have successful lives is to turn the changes of life into progress.
Sometimes we as Christians, as well as congregations, have difficulty making the changes necessary to have progress in new contexts and amid new societal contexts. We don’t like change, but it is a part of our lives. Do we find the grace to make that stressful change into beneficial progress.
What do you need to change in your life to be a better Christian? What do we need to change as congregations to make us more in line with our neighborhoods and neighbors? These changes won’t be easy but when we see progress we will be happy that we did change. Let each of us and each of our congregations ask God what we need to change and be courageous when we start those changes. We will be better people and God will be glorified when we do this.
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