Thursday, October 1, 2009

"Family History, I am doing it..."

Today is the day of technology. Nothing has been able to avoid its influence--including the Church (meaning The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). For a massive religious organization established in the early 1800's, this is no small feat, especially when most of its leadership grew up in the pre-PC era. That's why I love it when my grandpa shows me his "latest and greatest" from the Family History Center. Sure, he may only view his iPhone as a somewhat cumbersome wireless landline, but to seek out technological advances and attempt to teach them to others? That's what makes him my hero. I can only hope I don't ever feel like the technologically primitive who, as described by Elder Nelson, "...secretly hope that they can slip through their remaining days on earth without ever having to touch a computer" ("A New Harvest Time").

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