Story #12 in the Covenant series
 
It may seem strange to devote an entire episode of our church’s story to our website. But in our case, this makes sense. Our website has profoundly changed the culture and makeup of our community over the years.
 
The first time I saw the word Internet was when I read about it in a Doonesbury comic strip in 1994. Whatever this “Inter-net” was, it sounded interesting to me. So I started going to computer stores and asking if anyone knew anything about it. No one had even heard about it. Finally I discovered what may have been the only company in San Antonio offering Internet access at the time. When I got to the office of Internet Direct Inc., I found 4 guys in their 20s playing a video game called Doom. I had to wait for a few moments while they furiously pounded their keyboards and yelled at each other. It wasn’t exactly a sophisticated business enterprise.
 
Finally one of them spoke to me. When I asked about the Internet they started throwing out words and phrases I had never heard of: Telnet, Finger, Gopher, Pinging, and the newest kid on the block - the World Wide Web. They were all excited about a new company called Netscape that had...
 
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