Changing in Spite

The prodigal computer has returned home! It includes a new perspective on life that will take some adjustments to the way things look, perform, and interact with others. I will have to learn some new strategies and tactics to get the response that I need to complete my tasks. There are some things of which we have more control, and others which we don’t. In the world of computers I’m not willing to go back to the days of DOS, and so I have to rely on computer programmers and manufacturers who have the power to dictate how our work patterns evolve. We were happy to live in the world of Office 2003, but now we are all the way to 2007. We’re already behind again aren’t we? I wonder if anyone has created a time conversion for computer systems similar to the equation: one year in a dog’s life equals seven years of a human’s life. Could it be one year of computer life equals twenty years of human evolution? Would that mean we were contentedly living in the pioneer days of Office 1903? No microwaves, cell phones or Internet?? One church is hosting a twelve week video study on Postmodernism and how it can be deflected. I guess in communities where computers, satellites, and access to information are not as accessible as ours, a postmodern definition may not apply. But I imagine the churches that are using videos to disseminate the message are living and using the tools of postmodern progression. Even if a disaster of huge proportions completely altered the way we conduct our lives, there would be a new term found to describe this transition after the postmodern age. It’s a description of a grouping of years not a movement.

My prayer for the congregation?

Dear God, You have remained steadfast and true through the changing seasons and our changing world. In your timing, our tumultuous changes are but a leaf turning as another fall brings vibrant hues of reds and orange. These are colorful times and it may feel to us that all around us our stability is falling one by one, like dried leaves to the ground. You are the roots to the vine that remains alive and brings new growth and new life. Let us remain connected to You so that we may know that we are living in accordance with your laws and not left to flail about with the passing storms. Help us to adjust to our changing environment as simply as we put on a sweater or shorts in reaction to temperature changes. If we live faithfully then we have a core of unfathomable resistance to fear and worry. You are our source of life! Amen.