Thoughts on Technology and Thanksgiving

The fun drawing app on my iPad updated some new features. I love drawing on my iPad. No clean up. Easy correction of mistakes. A whole variety of effects with the touch of a button. One sister tells me this is not art, but I disagree. It is art, in my opinion, but it is different than drawing with pencil and paper.

The technology of this new world affects many areas besides art. I pulled out my smart phone when the teacher of our Bible Study group asked us to open our Bibles. I have every translation of every Bible right there in my phone. I can highlight, take notes, and even email myself pertinent passages. Yet I sense some disapproval at times in the hallowed halls of the church.

Or how about reading a book on Nook or iPad? How many people say there is just something special about holding a "real" book? I was one of those people...till I started reading books on my iPad. I can adjust the lighting, the size of the print, and switch instantly to a whole library of books all contained in a little 1 pound thin instrument. This is as real as it gets in my book! (pun intended.)

Still....do you know what I dream about? The picture of a little log cabin with a wood burning stove and no electricity in a valley surrounded by snow covered mountains and not a modern convenience in sight. Is that strange?

A few months ago, I interviewed Eustace Conway, the mountain man, who lives off the grid and is one of the characters in the beloved Mountain Men TV series. He told me that we as a society have lost our connection to the source of living. I think he has a good point. We have become disconnected from our world, though we seem in some ways to be more connected, courtesy of the marvels of technology. I think that the area we have wandered furthest from is the need for God, from the simple belief that all creation and blessings flow from Him, and all our gratitude and living should be consecrated back to Him.

As Thanksgiving Day approaches, I find myself pondering this more and more.

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singing a song of thanksgiving and telling of all your wonders. I love your sanctuary, Lord, the place where your glorious presence dwells. (Psalms 26:7, 8 NLT)




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