PC World unveiled The 50 Best Tech Products of All Time and I am giddy with joy at rediscovering the gadgets and programs of the past. The evolution of Netscape Navigator! The Print Shop and Lotus 123 screenshots! Napster! TiVo making the top 3!
Oh I could go on and on.
But my favorite part of the article has got to be this:
...Windows 95 first brought us long file names, legitimate multitasking, and a dramatically improved GUI, which arguably represents the brief and final moment in time that Windows actually looked better than a Mac.
Awesome.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Purpose
"In some countries of Asia and Africa there is mostly material poverty; but in the rich countries of Europe and America there is much spiritual poverty and it is more difficult to cure."
-Mother Teresa
There were times when I would question myself on my decision to move to the United States. My parents and friends are in the Philippines, what's in the US aside from getting a higher-paying job? And I am missing the whole GK hoopla. I want to help build communities for the poor too, so I envied my friends and relatives back home who are so involved with GK.
It was only several months ago that I realized why God placed me here. At the SFC conference in Seattle, God showed His plan for me. The big problem in the western world is the culture of death. The biggest weapon of this culture is the media - which happens to be the thing that I love. So it's kind of sad to see the thing that you love do a lot of wrong things, right? It's like seeing your brother rob banks or something.
Sadly a lot of Christians condemn the media because of what (most of) it promotes. I love the media, and that's why I want to sanitize it. Save it from the culture of death. The media is a very influential tool, and it should not be condemned. So this is what I am called to do. And maybe the work will not be finished while I'm still alive. Promoting the culture of life takes a lot determination and patience. Lots of patience. This is a big deal, it's a whole new culture we are changing. So of course it will take time, we'll probably just see the finished work from heaven.
And our generation is called to do this. We are not the next generation, we are the now generation. There's no time to wait and be "the" generation. So it's time to step up.
Mother Teresa said she doesn't pray to God for success, she asks for faithfulness. And that is what we all need in this work. May our spirits never falter and may we never lose hope. May we remain focused on our calling.
Your will above all else, my purpose remains
-From the Inside Out, Hillsong
-Mother Teresa
There were times when I would question myself on my decision to move to the United States. My parents and friends are in the Philippines, what's in the US aside from getting a higher-paying job? And I am missing the whole GK hoopla. I want to help build communities for the poor too, so I envied my friends and relatives back home who are so involved with GK.
It was only several months ago that I realized why God placed me here. At the SFC conference in Seattle, God showed His plan for me. The big problem in the western world is the culture of death. The biggest weapon of this culture is the media - which happens to be the thing that I love. So it's kind of sad to see the thing that you love do a lot of wrong things, right? It's like seeing your brother rob banks or something.
Sadly a lot of Christians condemn the media because of what (most of) it promotes. I love the media, and that's why I want to sanitize it. Save it from the culture of death. The media is a very influential tool, and it should not be condemned. So this is what I am called to do. And maybe the work will not be finished while I'm still alive. Promoting the culture of life takes a lot determination and patience. Lots of patience. This is a big deal, it's a whole new culture we are changing. So of course it will take time, we'll probably just see the finished work from heaven.
And our generation is called to do this. We are not the next generation, we are the now generation. There's no time to wait and be "the" generation. So it's time to step up.
Mother Teresa said she doesn't pray to God for success, she asks for faithfulness. And that is what we all need in this work. May our spirits never falter and may we never lose hope. May we remain focused on our calling.
Your will above all else, my purpose remains
-From the Inside Out, Hillsong
New Focus, New Blog
Some lessons learned since the year started...
March for Life (Washington, DC/January)
SFC MD Chapter Assembly (Central Maryland/February)
Pro-Life Conference (Chicago, IL/March)
SFC Northeast USA Summit (South Plainfield, NJ/March)
SFC MD FCL Teaching (College Park, MD/March)
March for Life (Washington, DC/January)
- We are not alone in this fight for life.
- Our generation is called to build a culture of life.
SFC MD Chapter Assembly (Central Maryland/February)
- GK is the gift of the Philippines to the world.
Pro-Life Conference (Chicago, IL/March)
- God is the author of life, and the enemy is trying to destroy it. Therefore, we are in a spiritual battle.
- CFC is Pro-God, Pro-Family, Pro-Poor, Pro-Life. We can't be one w/o the other.
- Christians should not only defend and protect life, but live and celebrate it as well.
SFC Northeast USA Summit (South Plainfield, NJ/March)
- We have become comfortable. The whole world is waiting for America to step up.
- Pray for a vision and He will show it to you.
SFC MD FCL Teaching (College Park, MD/March)
- Pray for faith.
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