In the course of my work, I have the privilege of meeting new people every day. One of my "hobbies" (okay, maybe it is actually a weird form of voyeurism but I don't think so) is to Google them, especially if they have a rather unique name. And that leads me to the title of this post ... everyone has a story.

Over the past few days, I have googled three people, just to find that they all have very interesting stories. Two are a couple that is considering our roof for their new home. Turns out they are both pretty well-known in the Hollywood music scene, he primarily as a producer, composer, and artist and she as a singer. She has sung on a lot of animated Disney films. They were perhaps a bit surprised when I mentioned what I had learned about them. However, it opened us up to a whole new level of relationship through which I have been blessed by finding them to be very warm and engaging people who are also trying to follow hard after God.

The other person I googled recently is a past customer. Turns out that he, too, has a very interesting story, having risen a number of years ago to a fairly high celebrity status in his city before crashing with drug addiction. He has since come back and shares his story as an encouragement to others.

Like I said, everyone has a story.

Some people may be bothered by their visibility on the Internet. While I cannot deny that there are some pretty bad folks out there trying to use Internet access to others in really horrible ways, I also see this visibility as a way to make connections, drawing into deep, authentic relationships with folks you otherwise would have never met, spreading Jesus' love.

I guess it's like most things ... it can be used for good or evil.

Leave your name in my comments if you wish ... I will discover your story!