On January 1, 2000 . . .

• The iPod had not been invented.
• The World Trade Center towers still stood.
• Charlotte’s basketball team was called the Hornets.
• South Tryon Street had two lanes from Tyvola Rd. to the Buster Boyd Bridge.
• Roger Federer was young, inconsistent, and seemed like one of those players with more potential than accomplisment.
• Most Americans had never heard of Afghanistan, couldn’t find it on a map, and had no idea its capital city is called Kabul.
• Facebook was what we called the freshman year directory at my college in 1980.
• I still preached in a suit and tie.
• U2 was teetering on the verge of irrelevance.
• The New England Patriots were more laughingstock than dynasty.
• Barack Obama was in the Illinois State Senate.
• A Blackberry was what you ate if no Blueberries were available.
• I listened to music on cassette tapes.
• Good Shepherd still sent its bulletin/newsletter out every week via snail mail. Then you came to church and were handed the exact same material.
• The Dow was at 11497.
• Rivergate Shopping Center did not exist, meaning the nearest Chick-Fil-A was seven miles away.
• My sermons had four points. Fill-in-the-blank.
• Tiger Woods was best known for his golf.