Good news…

“It started off small, rolled and rolled, then all of a sudden not just your immediate circle of friends are on it but loads of people are, and they’re all evangelizing about why you should be on it too.” (cite)

You would think this was a conversation between two Christians describing a revival of the Gospel.

But it’s not.

It’s a blog-techie describing the explosive growth of Facebook through word-of-mouth excitement. The social networking giant has recently attained a record-breaking 500m users.

People need something infinitely more to be excited about than social networking… being reconciled to a holy God is the greatest news that they’ve ever heard (or never will hear).

I know, I know…we’re slow.

“I don’t normally watch TV… except for The Office, Grey’s Anatomy, 24, UFC, some game shows, So You Think You Can Dance, Sportscenter, American Idol, That 70’s Show, basketball (go Lakers!), LA ink, The History Channel, The Tonight Show, Man vs Wild, Whose Line is it Anyway, Weather Center, Colbert Report, Tour de France (in season), Flight of the Conchords, Discovery, etc… other than that, I’d rather read a book”