Before my shift starts, have listened to more than several sermons, putting down the smart-phones.

Chalking down the people who use them, as a bunch of money-wasting hedonists.  Oh here comes the cynicism:  yeah, jack, you want that money...to fund that upcoming (so-called) mission-trip to wherever.  

If it wasn't for the smart phone, i would not know half the Scriptures, that i've heard preached, from the pulpits of real preachers, who really care about saving souls.  Yeah, i know, real preachers are few and far between, but they're out there, in churches here and there in the US and other (English-speaking) countries.  

If it wasn't for the smart-phone, i wouldn't have had the opportunity to have read some of Charles Spurgeon's sermons, while on the bus.  Btw, while having read, over a year or so, what had struck me most about these 150-some year old sermons was, it was like he had written them just last Tuesday.  Oh, and having had read more than a few, i do not recall even ONE trolling for money.  Nope, Spurgeon was way more concerned about people getting saved, and reading their Bibles - guess he figured the Lord would deal with the rest. 

Well, shift is starting.  Bye ;)