The way we were.

How about this for a photo: a family outing to the market, taken around 1890.
A trip to market was always an exciting event. Time for the ladies to get dressed up, a day spent shopping and visiting with friends, an hour or so leisurely ride home in the evening and  to bed just after sundown.
 Contrast with the latest 2011 Tim Horton's Coffee Shop drive through sign:

2011 and we are off to market pulled, not by a bullock but by a 120 horse power car. Our maximum wait time for our drive- through coffee and do-nut is two minutes, guaranteed.

My how we have progressed.

Is there a few seconds for God in our slick, well oiled, brave new world?

Ian