iPhone 4 S

Watching the morning news while I sipped my dearly loved coffee, I cracked up at the iPhone hubbub! Apparently, iPhone fans have been anticipating the release of the iPhone 5. They're disappointed that yesterday's unveiling is "merely" an improved iPhone 4.

Really?

My smartphone, the "lowly" iPhone 3 -- no S -- has served me well these past 2.5 years. It handles all my calls and voicemail, texting, Facebook and twitter needs. I'll admit, the pictures aren't all that great... and sometimes it freezes up. But not too often. And... those freeze ups teach me patience.

Clearly, I lack techie passion!

Empowering those in debt to reduce their personal debt and live within their means.
Replenishing the stock of homeless shelters and food pantries so that homeless families can eat.
Tutoring and mentoring our nation's kids so that they're equipped for adulthood.

These are important issues.

Yet, the iPhone 4g S (really -- what do all those little letters mean?) takes top billing. Actually, the whiners who aren't happy enough with this technological wonder take top billing.... Really?

Let's look at what's important. Coffee.... Nah, just kidding. People. That's what matters. Not phones. Not selfish greed.

Learn more about volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club: http://www.bgcma.org/volunteer

Friends, do something today that MAKES A DIFFERENCE!!! Bless a homeless man with free lunch. Buy a bag of non-perishables -- a GIANT BAG -- and bless a food pantry. Register with your school district to become a volunteer -- and read with an ESL (English as a second language) student, or tutor a little guy in math, or help the young kid with ADHD learn how to straighten out his desk. Whatever you're good at, some kid in your local school needs to learn! Not available during school hours? How about volunteering at your local boys and girls club? Or your church after-school recreation program? Or the YMCA?

Learn more about volunteering at the "Y": http://www.ymca.net/volunteer/

Let's do something that matters.... That's newsworthy!

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

Matthew 6:19-24