Jeff Geerling's blog

A friend of mine recently sent me a link to the following YouTube video:

Today Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican released a flurry of statements and speeches regarding the use of communications media, social networking, and YouTube, all targeted towards the 'digital generation' (that means you and me!).

The Pope gave a challenge to those of us who are born into the 'digital age,' in which social networking, texting and chatting rule the day: he wants us to remember who we are (creatures of God) and what our purpose is (to love God and to bring our love of God to others).

He tells us:

[New communications technologies] respond to a "fundamental desire" of people: the desire to communicate and relate with one another, something rooted in human nature itself.

I keep hearing the phrase "safe sex" thrown around. A lot of newspapers, Hollywood, even some schools tell us that we should make sure we have "safe" sex. I really wonder what they mean by that, because I didn't know having sex was such a dangerous thing!

You get married, you have sex, and you have children, right? What's so dangerous about that? Why do organizations like Planned Parenthood have to protect people from a completely natural and holy act of marriage?

It's not all that often I use a popular country song in my writings. Heck, I rarely even listen to country music! But there are a few country songs that stick in my head, and I just can't get them out. "Jesus, Take the Wheel," from Carrie Underwood, is one of those songs.

The first time I heard the song was while driving on highway 170 in the midst of a lot of traffic. The sky was blue and the weather outside was quite nice, but I was getting angry at the fact that I was stuck in traffic! I wonder if God inspired the DJ to play that song, because it made me think about how I was approaching that situation, and how I was dealing with people around me that day.