Originally Posted February 11, 2009

I've recently gotten involved in FaceBook and Ning...both social networking sites...as well as Delicious and Bloglines. With those sites, my community has grown. In a couple short weeks, I gained over 200 "friends" on Facebook. The vast majority I hadn't communicated with at all in several years. Some from college (at least 8 years ago for those), some from High School (15 or more years ago for those) and some other friends that I met even before that and have left my life in the meantime. It's amazing to me the number of people each one of us has an opportunity to impact in a lifetime. In addition to those 200+ people that I've known, there are several times that number that I have not found on FaceBook that I have also known in the past. I wonder where they are...what they're doing. How is their Christian walk? Do they attend church? Are they married? Parents? What do we still have in common (other than a shared school or neighborhood experience)? We all meet many people throughout each of our days...we remain close to those people with whom we have the most in common and with whom we "connect" the best with. Imagine how large our impact could be if we intentionally connected with everyone who needed it.