Preacher's Piece

Computers, smart phones, smart TV’s, smart thermostats, smart doorbells, smart alecs, and now smart houses - how do us dumb people keep up with all the smart techonology these days? Now they even have smart mirrors that talk back to you. “Mirror, mirror on the wall…” is not just a fantasy anymore. I remember when our parents didn’t know how to set the time on their VCR’s. I’d go to their house and it would continuously be blinking: “12:00” “12:00” “12:00”. Every time we had a power surge, we had to reset their VCR. Now I’m that parent.

On the eve of our son’s wedding, just before he was to lea...