Updates

Let's see...I said I would be more regular to blogging, but instead, I've been here less!  Interesting!  I guess it shows that when we started a new semester at CTS things got really busy and time got away from me.  

One thing I have been doing is spending a bit less time on the internet.  My stupid router is helping with this endeavor because recently it is determined to take regular coffee breaks.  

I also decided this year to observe the season of Lent.  I did not grow up observing Lent, but I see it's benefits to prepare my heart for the Easter season.  My "sacrifice" has been Facebook.  I only log on to this social network on Sundays, just to check messages and make sure that students haven't tagged incriminating photos of me at the most recent CTS event.  I think it's helped me to focus on the more important things, like real people, instead of this virtual world.   A colleague just sent me a link to the magazine "The Weekly Standard," recent article Down with Facebook by Matt Labash.  Take a look - it's a funny article, with some sobering realities!

While I enjoy connecting with new friends and reconnecting with the old, I was spending too much time in this virtual restaurant of socializing.  I have enjoyed seeing photos of old friends, one of my KINDERGARTEN friends recently updated our class photo from 1974.  Wow.  We were cute, and that was a long time ago!  Facebook is not all bad, but it did take too much time.

So now I'm spending my early mornings with my Bible study (currently going through Experiencing God once again and loving it!) and other work. 

And as for the blog, no more talk about Facebook, but I'll soon be uploading some new photos, giving you CTS updates, and perhaps a little reflections of my Bible study.  

Have a great week!