twenty-three

I thought “What better way to start a talk about how Christ is Lord of our iLives than to write my very own 25 list of things that define my iLife.”*

Here’s a picture of me, written by me, filtered by me, edited by me, about me.

1.    I’ve been blogging since just after I got married. I was 22 then. My blog was called Twenty-Two. Then I turned 23. I renamed it to Twenty-Three. Then I got lazy and never renamed it again. I’m now 26. It’s still called Twenty-Three.

2.    I was a part of the first Facebook generation, connected only to students at WWU.

3.    I’ve been happily IM’ing since the days of AOL dial-up. 24.4 baby.

4.    The first song I downloaded on iTunes was a Dashboard Confessional track.

5.    Twitter is my favorite way to blog these days.

6.    I can easily count at least 16 different email addresses I’ve had.

7.    While I was a late adopter, getting a cell phone in college, I quickly became a proficient texter. I do not have a land line.

8.    I cruised the original Napster back in the earliest days. My parents’ internet bills went through the roof.

9.    I own my own web design business during the summers and in my free time.

10. My parents do not have Facebook. I bet yours do.

11. Every job I’ve had since college has involved at least some sitting at a computer.

12. I’m an accomplished transcriptionist.

13. The first computer I ever had was a Macintosh SE.

14. I’m greatly impressed at the fact that we can email, chat, and even video chat with people around the world.

15. I had a PDA for about a year. It was too slow and boring.

16. I’ve been described as “gadgety”.

17. I’ve been connected to many of my ministry peers, locally and around the country, solely through email, Twitter, and blogs. I’ve never met most of them face to face.

18. I graduated Western with a certificate in Internet Studies.

19. I’ve said things to people over email or IM that I’ve regretted.

20. I’ve been broken up with over email.

21. I constantly battle pride with regards to my iLife.

22. I very often feel overwhelmed with the amount of time I waste on the computer.

23. I wish I had a Mac.

24. I believe that God can use me, even in the world of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and Google, to do good, loving work in humanity.

25. I believe that Christ would not have us shut off our computers all together, but does ask us to make him much more central in our iLives.

*Note: This style of post is very prevalent among current and former students these days. I’m doing a bit of creative imitating. Not mockery. Thought it would fit well with the talk.

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