the irony of communication

In our age on of over-communication [email, texting, facebooking, etc.] it is sadly ironic how good communication remains hard to achieve. Expressing thoughts, ideas and feelings through messages launched without needing to look into the eyes of another person leaves something to be desired. Hitting the “send” button may not always be the best decision.

A good friend of mine recently wrote a blog entry about this topic. You can read it on her website.  It’s entiled “Dear Google – Can you make us more relationally responsible people?”

Quite a view

We recently stood on top of Mount Nebo and looked out over the plains of Moab, Dead Sea, Jordan river and the land of Israel.  It was the same view Moses had when he “climbed Mount Nebo from the plains Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land —Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.” [Deut 34:1-4]

Mt Nebo 2011 Ray, Margie, Victoria and Sophia