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Internet records: On an occasional basis, I will enter some form of my name into a search engine and see what comes up. I did that today. Immediately an extensive Internet conversation that I had with another person some 20-years ago came up for viewing. It was extensive and actually involved other people, both by reference and by actual comment. I do not regret anything that I said in that post. I understand that anything that one posts on the Internet may exist for an eternity. It clearly served as a reminder that people who want to do so can read my Internet posts years later and probably well beyond my life-span.

Church Attendance: I attend a SDA congregation that has placed a video of their Saturday services on the Internet for some time. When COVED somewhat shut down attendance on site, the church began to upgrade their Internet presence. A QR Code was established which allowed people to register and request services. Now people cab attend on site. Each week, we have some 1,000 people view our services on the Internet who do not register with us and therefore are unknown to us. Our services are viewed from as far away as Iceland and Costa Rico. All is all, we are reaching an Internet audience that is much larger than we ever had on-site. We could never accommodate that many people to attend on-site. The question is: How can we best provide for them spiritually?

(N) Romans 12:5-6 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. [6] Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, ….

?️ Remembering Sheila Jackson Lee Sheila Jackson Lee, the longtime U.S. representative from Texas who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, has died. She was 74. The Democrat had represented Houston since 1995. She had previously had breast cancer and announced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis on June 2, AP reports. Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) called her "a tenacious advocate for civil rights and a tireless fighter, improving the lives of her constituents." Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said he had never known a harder-working lawmaker than Jackson Lee: She "studied every bill and every amendment with exactitude and then told Texas and America exactly where she stood." Words from Jackson Lee's family.