OK, so, last July (?) I created a facebook account in order to communicate with one person who I met through the parole hearing that I was a part of.  I had no intention of using it beyond communicating with this other person.  In those last 9 months I’ve gotten requests from people, all of which I did not reply to, simply because I did not want to put the time into another netowrking site.  Last week I caved due to a final straw.  There was an ad for something that I wanted to know more about and the contact web address was Facebook…which was approx the 10th time I’d seen it used for advertising.  I realized that it was another technological advance that i needed to embrace.  So, I did.  And, it is FAR superior to MySpace.  Beyond the MySpace dominance, there are some other cool things about it…

Here are some observations
1) The power of ‘circles of friends’ and staying in touch.  Wow.  It’s cool to see who has remained friends over the years.
2) The far reaching benefit that my $75k education has is far beyond book knowledge.  It is humbling to keep running across really amazing people that I know, solely from my time in college.  I have wondered how many people would not have affected my life if I did not go away to college.  I’m thankful.
3) The vast coolness of the body of Christ.  It’s been really refreshing to see some people’s lives and to catch up and to learn of their devotion to God, especially as the years have passed and the challenge and temptation to fizzle out have increased.  It’s been really encouraging. 
4) Some people over-share sometimes.  The status update thing is cool (and often funny), but sometimes it makes me feel weird.

All in all, I’m glad I logged into my 9 month old in-active account.  Maybe I was stubborn, maybe I was lazy, maybe I was just busy…whatever the reason…it’s cool to be a part of it now. 
amen.