One Minute Reflection – 3 February – “What does this mean, “take up a cross?”
One Minute Reflection – 3 February – St Blaise (Died c 316) Martyr Bishop, Physician, Miracle-worker. – 2 Corinthians 1:3-7, Matthew 16:24-27 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.” – Matthew 16:24
REFLECTION – “What does this mean, “take up a cross?” It means, he will bear with whatever is…
Has anyone else experienced something like this? I was dreaming my regular, active type of dream, and then all of a sudden everything went blank and there was nothing. Instantaneously, I knew that a cataclysmic world-wide extinction event had taken pace. Everything was gone! I saw in my mind an icon of a drained battery and realized that this was it - life was gone. Then everything went black. I honestly thought that we had all died. Then I heard my c-pap and realized that it was only a dream - a terrifying one. It felt prophetic. I'm still shaken about it.
I had a dream last night where I was in the fbi and I had to sniper shoot some old school friends (cause they were a massive danger or something). And my associates afterwards kept saying how sorry they are that I had to do that. How I must need to breakdown and cry because I hadn’t killed anyone before and because I knew them. And even though I knew I should be upset, I couldn’t cry. I couldn’t feel anything. I knew I should be an emotional wreck but I just felt numb
Two of the following videos are of interviews with Media Scholar, Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies. Professor Florez talks about the technology age of today, and what these incredible advancements mean for our culture. He also opens your eyes to how integrated society has become with technology. The last video discusses the use of A.I. in some of this technological advancement and raises the question of “How far is too far?”
It is fascinating how fast the technology world is taking shape, and the following videos really shine a light on how far we’ve come. I challenge thee to educate yourself, and really get a sense of what the age of technology is going to look like in 10 years.