A few years ago, a friend of ours announced she was marrying her online beau. Contrary to our initial skepticism, it was a good match and they are happily married today.

I started to think about how the world has changed, and that got me thinking about how we do Bible study. There are those in every church who yearn to explore the Bible but who could not or would not be able to be part of a traditional face-to-face study group in the church parlor. The security or convenience of having “community” come to them in their homes will include many who have been excluded in the past from our educational efforts. Once that step in community has been taken, the boundaries are limitless! Why not include friends of the church in other parts of the world? Forget time zones! In our connected world, even snowbird travelers and summer vacationers can continue to participate wherever they go. If we can manage to unhook from the parlor and hook into the online world of possibilities, imagine how we could take the gospel “even unto the ends of the earth . . .”