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| "CELLULAR CATASTROPHIES" by Caleb Detweiler | ||||||||||||
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YOUTH GROUP LESSON 69
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| 5 Besides giving his dad the phone, what could Jeff have done to prevent his dad from getting angry? —he could have told his friends he would talk to them later. 6 Obviously cell phones are useful, but what steps can we take to prevent it from becoming our main concern? —if the phone rings during a conversation, ignore the phone call and call the person back later. —Many people feel like they can’t go anywhere without their phone, maybe deliberately leave it behind sometimes so it feels less important. Read the following editorial by Carol Duerksen from the winter issue of With. I’ve had a cell phone for years, but I just learned to text message a few days ago. I was sitting in IHOP, enjoying a goodbye breakfast with Theresia, an exchange student we hosted five years ago who’d come back to visit us. She showed me how to text message, and I was like a kid with a new toy. I found a message someone had sent me a week ago, and quickly responded. She wrote back, and I was so excited! We went to the airport, and soon it was time for Theresia to leave. We gave each other a goodbye hug, and she joined the line of people waiting to go through security. I watched for awhile, and then checked to see if I had any new text messages. I messed around with the phone a bit, wrote a message, and when I looked up … Theresia was gone. Disappeared around the corner. No goodbye wave. No last personal connection. I felt terrible. I imagined her looking back at me for one more smile and wave, and I was buried in my phone. Excuse my English, but “that ain’t right.” Within the wonders of technology we find the potential to increase or decrease our connections with each other. Jesus called us to be “salt and light” in the world. What does it mean to be salt and light in a world of Halo, iPods, text messaging, and facebook? DISCUSS: 1 What role does your cell phone play in your life? 2 What does it mean to be salt and light in a world of Halo, iPods, text messaging, and facebook? Download this Session's Reproducible Story PDF - "Cellular Catastrophes" |
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