Love of Technology

A Cute Story from the Internet:

MOSES AND THE RED SEA

Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday School.

“Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his army build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then he radioed headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved.”

“Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?” his Mother asked.

“Well, no, Mom.. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!”

My Thoughts:

This boy is under the impression that a technology solution to a difficult problem is intrinsically more credible than a divine solution.

How badly do we need so much technology? Though we should not, do we sometimes love it more than The Word? Is love best understood as that to which we give our most frequent and abiding attention?

Could Christians not live in closer community, sharing large communal homes, thereby reducing our per capita consumption, freeing ourselves for more time in prayer, Bible study, and service?

Love, Nathaniel