Pardon My Interruption: Craig's Thoughts About This And That
Proverbs 17:12 NASB – “Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.”
This Proverb effectively uses a word picture because everybody knows a mama bear is fiercely protective of her cubs and that it is unwise to cross her path when she’s worried about her cub(s). Far fewer people think of fools as being as dangerous as an angry mama bear. However, the Bible warns us that fools are more dangerous than angry bears.
Be careful whose path you cross.
The letter below drew my mind to days gone by that I’ve read about in mission journals or biographies. It serves as a reminder that some missionaries are still working in rough conditions.
I have edited out the location references to protect the people involved.
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If I have ever needed prayer, it is NOW. Today, I thought of war movies I have watched in the past and how it is like I am walking through the middle of them now.
Yesterday, we crossed the border into ____________, in the heat, on foot, pigs, trash, the smells, I was sick and vomiting on the side of the road. Thank God that I vomited before I had to pass through the health section or they wouldn’t have let me in. I was sick for two days.
[This place] is much different from ______________. Pray against tiredness, pray for health, pray for the spiritual realm, Mom; it’s heavy. Today, I went into a hut where a deamon possessed woman was chained to the floor. Pray for things to be lifted in the Spirit. Pray, pray, pray!
Please pray. Please tell anyone who prays to pray. I love you so much! I will try to contact you when we get to our next destination.
Last Friday, we took Zach to his first baseball game. He didn’t have any clue where he was, but it was fun for us.
Midland Rockhounds 11
San Antonio Missions 0
Tweeting in Church
A growing number of people (including pastors) have suggested Tweeting reactions during the sermon is a good thing. Some pastors have even encouraged their congregation to interact with the sermon in this way, and will try to respond within the framework of the sermon.
Someone asked me what I thought about that. Here’s my answer:
First, while my general reaction is fairly negative, I can’t say that nothing good could come from Tweeting during the sermon, but . . .
I think serious and sober consideration should be given to these pitfalls of Tweeting during the sermon:
Being self-centered: Tweeting seems to say, “Here’s what I think was cool about the sermon. It’s important that my followers know what I think about what was said.”
Juvenile behavior: Tweeting during the sermon seems to be little more than impetuous pass-alongs of what hit me just now, with no time to give consideration to the rightness or wrongness of the statement, or the implication of implementing what was just said only 2 seconds ago. Some things deserve more than a few moments of reflection.
Distraction to the Tweeter or others: Admittedly, I’m not capable of texting without lengthy concentration . . . (where’s the y?) . . . so it would definitely be distracting to me. “What did he say while I was Tweeting?” What about the constant “chimping” up and down the row and in front of me? Of course, I’m easily distracted by those kinds of things. I assume others are, too.
Temptation to do something else: If I don’t value what he’s talking about right now, I can just surf the net and find something that is interesting to me. BUT what about what he might say in a minute that will give clear value/meaning to what he just said that I didn’t find valuable? Everything can’t be said at one time, so why don’t I just hold on and hear the whole package? Why is TMZ.com so much more interesting during the sermon?
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