I should have known it would work out this way...

Well, after the worldly combat of consumerism and poor body image in Vancouver, what follows but some answers in today's sermon, the topic of which was resentment, envy, jealousy. Pastor Bill's sermon really helped to get things back in perspective, the way an effective sermon does. One of the steps offered away from these feelings of resentment, etc., was refocusing on serving. Pastor Bill also mentioned that they needed a backup person on the PowerPoint slides for the sermon. I couldn't help feeling that I was being called. This led me into an odd (well, new for me) train of thought about "PowerPointing for Jesus" and then of course the "blogging for Jesus" line. I feel very strongly that this renewed orientation toward God has something to do with my being taken out of myself through service. This is about service in my family, to David and Michael, just as much as it is about service to the greater community.

So, this post is the all-religious post, with a couple of helpful links that I've found in this area.
BibleGateway.com is a very powerful Bible passage search engine, with many versions available.

Martin Roth's Christian Commentary offers a thorough examination of "blogging for the Lord". I haven't had the time to cruise this site in the depth that I'd like. He does seem to save one the work of creating yet another meta-site on this topic, though.

This brings to mind a topic that I'd like to explore further (and which one of my books Cybergrace does a bit: how we use our technology for religious purposes, how we serve in that regard as technology experts.

An airline ticket search for our CA trip for Michael's birthday veers me off the blogging course, and family duties will likely claim my attention until next time....