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I would find this so distracting<\/a> and I’m not sure how edifying it would be to read what other people are saying while I’m trying to listen to the sermon. Can’t we just sit and listen for a change and not have to comment on everything?<\/p>\n

ESV James 1:19<\/a> Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking of Twitter, I now have an account on Twitter. Here’s my…um…handle?…whatever: MicheleMcGinty<\/a>. I haven’t done much with it yet but I plan to (mostly I’ve been posting links to interesting things I’ve found on the Internet and occasionally I’ll remember to post what I’m doing). I was surprised when I started it that I had a follower right away and now I have two. I’m really popular, huh? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would find this so distracting and I’m not sure how edifying it would be to read what other people are saying while I’m trying to listen to the sermon. Can’t we just sit and listen for a change and not have to comment on everything? 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