Will We Ever See Digital Fruit?

Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained. — Philippians 3:12-16

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. — Galatians 5:24-25

At some point in recent years, the Internet passed from being the predominant domain of businesses and organizations, transforming into something very personal. In the earliest days of the world wide web we were fascinated with what was presented to us in much the same way as an audience watching a movie, but more and more they found ways to personally include us in their websites, forums and blogs. Those of us in the web development community at one time called this “Web 2.0”, a way of stating that the static eye candy of the earliest days of the Internet needed to give way to making the web as interactive and personal as possible. Currently we have gone far beyond the meager aims of “Web 2.0” to achieve a daily integration of individuals with technology not imagined even then. We have passed from merely getting information from the Internet to regularly leaving more of ourselves in Cyberspace with each passing day.

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