tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post8178830075794934572..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Disconnect to connect: How today's phones make Christ invisibleElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-76817746374738815812013-07-29T15:03:52.440-04:002013-07-29T15:03:52.440-04:00Wow brought tears to my eyes. I know how it is bei...Wow brought tears to my eyes. I know how it is being busy with kids, I raised 6 and home taught them as well. My husband has always been in business for himself so I was voted in as his secretary and financial advisor ( paid the bills ) I WAS VERY BUSY. To think I did it without a cell phone. Though I now only teach my youngest two, and only four are at home, all I can say is I am glad I made the choice to not clutter our lives with computers, TV, digital toys and cell phones. Yes we own three but they are off at meals, devotions etc. Seeing how late in the end game we are, I chose to hopefully be caught up while I am interacting with my family verses while I am texting. Great article and video, will share with my family and others. Keep the faith dear sister, thanks for all you do. Faithwalkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-70704091205694298702013-07-29T14:52:57.205-04:002013-07-29T14:52:57.205-04:00Elizabeth, thank you for speaking truth on this fr...Elizabeth, thank you for speaking truth on this frustrating subject. Etiquette is by no means what it used to be. If you are a customer bodily present in a retail store, money in hand, ready to spend, isn't it irritating when the sales person stops waiting on you to answer the phone? People have mistaken this busy-ness of always being "in touch" as popularity or something. Society has traded real intimacy for superficiality and quantity for quality in every way. I, too, have given up trying to compete with the ever pre-empting "others" on the phones of friends who have merged with their devices. I never even liked call-waiting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-64452442421709123672013-07-29T14:48:44.692-04:002013-07-29T14:48:44.692-04:00Thank you for this. I am one of those people who ...Thank you for this. I am one of those people who need the connected one on one, eye to eye time. I feel so disrespected when my friends do this. While it may work for the one doing it, it doesn't work for so many others.Hickory7https://www.blogger.com/profile/05663774781496914169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-80374551031597460782013-07-29T13:09:25.385-04:002013-07-29T13:09:25.385-04:00Hi Kallia,
Of course! Your mileage varies. I unde...Hi Kallia,<br /><br />Of course! Your mileage varies. I understand how limited your time must be, between work and parenting. I eventually decided just to take my meals at my desk in private, because I use that time also to read the bible and pray.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-20835256871553993382013-07-29T13:04:20.473-04:002013-07-29T13:04:20.473-04:00While I do agree that we need to unplug, I have to...While I do agree that we need to unplug, I have to say this: - I have been accused of something similar, but I am usually reading a book or the Bible from my phone. I will always respond to conversation during breaks. These are my only "free" time as I have a small child at home. She & my husband attempt to monopolize my time away from work. Kalliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125233952809853782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-67358140533675027132013-07-29T08:55:51.095-04:002013-07-29T08:55:51.095-04:00Very well spoken.
-carolynVery well spoken. <br /><br />-carolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com