Cutting the cord--if only for a few weeks...

I'm heading out of town today for some vacation followed by meetings in Seattle with other church planters. So my blogging may be sketchy.

I've decided to take the radical step of not taking my computer with me. Just a jump drive with a few documents I may need in Seattle. I keep telling myself it will be okay. Merideth will have her laptop... I will be able to check hotmail and blog a bit... It'll be fine. Really.

I realize how wired I am now to get up, email, check my schedule, blog, see what my favorite bloggers are up to, etc. It's true that the tools we use shape us.

During part of our travels we'll be out of cell coverage. No calls. No texting. We'll have to track down an internet cafe for email. Practically Gilligan's Island—

"No phone, no lights, no motor cars,
Not a single luxury,
Like Robinson Crusoe,
As primitive as can be...."

Actually, we'll have a rental car, and there will be electricity and modern conveniences and plenty of very good food. But take away my computer and cell phone and suddenly it's like being trapped in the 70s...

Do you ever get a week without your computer, without your phone? What can't you live without?