Never Knew Differently
Sara and I don’t have a home phone. We haven’t for a couple of years. We are both Verizon carriers so we are in with each other and can’t use enough minutes to go over on a reasonable plan by talking to people who are not in. So, cell phone only.
From time to time it hits me that Eli (my 15 month old) only knows a tefone (as he calls it) to be a little device that flips opens so that you can say hewo (hello) and then fold it up and put it back in your pocket. Gone are the days of the rotary dial like I used at my grandmother’s growing up. Now gone are the days of the cordless land line (which Eli will use at his grandparents).
This is our generation’s version of the rotary dial. 
And my son will never know the difference. Just like I can’t imagine life without a microwave, my parents can’t imagine life without vehicles. Times change fast.
My prayer as we continue working toward planting this church is that my son and the generations that come after him won’t know any different than to believe that it’s normal that a church is a relationally-healthy, spiritually-strong, and community-loving group of followers of Jesus.
