"Real" Mail...Really
The mailman has come and gone and it was the usual-usual: two catalogs, one request for a donation, two advertisements, and two bills. I used to love to get mail- when there really was such a thing as MAIL...when people used that handy-dandy but increasingly- unfamiliar little item known as a pen to actually put words on paper as a method of communicating with those they love. To illustrate how foreign a concept this has become, especially to the younger generations: a few weeks back I had gone to a local coffee shop with my notebook (the old, familiar paper type) and my "notebook" computer to do some sermon research. As I sat at a table enjoying my coffee and reading the various sites, I was also taking notes in my paper notebook with a pen, notes which I would later use to assist with sermon preparation. A young woman had asked if she could share my table, as the place was quite crowded and she had opened her computer and was typing busily, apparently doi...