By Jon Hirst

I have heard about the magnitude of God many times. But most of the time the words become collections of letters that don’t really sink into my mind or change my heart’s perspective. So as I read Chapter 1 of the Enhanced Edition of Crazy Love, I almost lost the incredible meaning in the words that were so familiar to me.
But at the moment when I almost discounted what Francis was saying, he challenged me to watch the video of the galaxies. I clicked on the link on my iPad and I was there . . . captured. Stopping to follow that first link jolted me from my “reading mode” and forced me to think about what he was saying in a deeper way.

As I interacted with the video, I was truly amazing to see how God used it in my thinking. I hadn’t ever really stopped to think about the size of our universe and to then imagine what that means about our God. But as I did it helped me to stay focused and get ready to jump into the descriptions of God that Francis provided.

The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's new iPad newspaper, was launched today, offering iPad users a way to get their news from a completely digital newspaper…minus the paper.  It is offering stunning graphics, video, animations, up-to-the-minute news, celebrity news, and more.  Mr. Murdoch believes that the iPad is a game changer with regard to how people consume their information.  He feels that we are entering a new day of content delivery as more and more tablet computers come to market.  The iPad is hot today, but tablet PC’s aren’t limited to the iPad, there are many Windows 7 based tablet PC’s either on the market now or coming very soon.  Some of these newer devices will have lower prices as well. 

So how will the Daily affect eBook reading?  eBooks are still relatively new; people are still getting warmed up to the idea of reading digitally, and using a device of some sort to do that reading.  It is interesting to note that, every day, people all over the world are consuming content digitally from their computers, iPads, other tablet computers, and smart phones.  Reading a book digitally really isn’t a stretch because all of us are reading a great amount of content in digital form right now.  As digital publications like The Daily come to market, more and more people are being introduced to consuming their content digitally using a digital reading device of some sort.  The convenience of digital becomes apparent, and people are more likely to embrace other forms of digital content, like eBooks.