Yes, we are now in Calgary. I went out and got a paper map of the city – trying to visualize all the places we will end up travelling to in the next while. Somehow my mind still works with a picture rather than just listening to someone (something?) tell which way to turn and when to reverse course.
I’ve been digitizing my life – or at least files I have kept of events over the years. At some points I wish I had those days back. At other points I realize with gratitude what God has given. At all points I need to live in the present with God’s future in mind.
A quote from David Timms on living, not in nostalgia, but in the present and future:
Nostalgia can become an effort to preserve the past, rather than give thanks for the past.
Information is not always power.
Just ask any librarian.
In the digital age, wealth and power accrue to those who control the system logics by which data is exchanged. (Batstone, David. “I crave power”. Sojourners, May-June 2000, p. 10.)
I was up somewhat early today to do a podcast with Sam Reimer, a sociologist at Crandall University. His point for small churches is that our people are living in a different world! Their locus of authority is themselves. No one else. The individual picks and chooses what they will believe and act upon. Before I give away too much – consider looking at this podcast.