I love spell check. It’s not that I cannot spell. It’s my typing that is awful. Spell check makes me write more intelligent than I am.
Spell check makes me proofread more closely because you can have a properly spelled word, but it may not be the word you wanted and thus, an errand, I mean error.
Spell check also teaches me a lesson. Since 2006 I’ve been writing about international student ministry in emails, newsletters, brochures, web pages and for the first time, today in a blog. Occasionally I’ll be trying to write the word “international.” When it shows up on the screen, it is misspelled so badly that the suggested word isn’t “international,” but “intentional.”
“Intentional ministry.” Think about it. Do we ever have unintentional ministry? Aren’t we almost always doing something that is in one way or another telling the people around us what we think of Jesus?
Where we are, what we’re doing, how we are doing it, who (or whom?) we are with, our attitude, even our body language and facial expressions indicate so much about who we are. The places we don’t go, the things we don’t do, also tell those around us what is important in our lives.
The time we spend doing “international” ministry is important. The thought that we are almost always doing “intentional” ministry seems to overshadow.
Spell check makes me proofread more closely because you can have a properly spelled word, but it may not be the word you wanted and thus, an errand, I mean error.
Spell check also teaches me a lesson. Since 2006 I’ve been writing about international student ministry in emails, newsletters, brochures, web pages and for the first time, today in a blog. Occasionally I’ll be trying to write the word “international.” When it shows up on the screen, it is misspelled so badly that the suggested word isn’t “international,” but “intentional.”
“Intentional ministry.” Think about it. Do we ever have unintentional ministry? Aren’t we almost always doing something that is in one way or another telling the people around us what we think of Jesus?
Where we are, what we’re doing, how we are doing it, who (or whom?) we are with, our attitude, even our body language and facial expressions indicate so much about who we are. The places we don’t go, the things we don’t do, also tell those around us what is important in our lives.
The time we spend doing “international” ministry is important. The thought that we are almost always doing “intentional” ministry seems to overshadow.