I lost my laptop charger for a few days this week. I know it sounds dumb, but it's the main reason why I haven't been able to write this post sooner. I don't know about you, but it's incredible how much of my work puts me in front of a screen. Like I mentioned last week, Chris, our lead pastor, basically forced me to get a smart phone. Many of us don't think about it much....

Back in 2003 I got my first cell phone. It was by today's standards barely a toy, but at the time it meant so much: freedom, independence, power, and yes, snake and tiny tiny tetris. It would be another ten years before I joined the staff at Wells Branch Community Church and, still rocking a flip phone, my senior pastor dropped an iPhone 4 in my lap. "I'm going to need you...