Did you know that yesterday was Charlotte Brontë's 198th birthday? I didn't. But Google kindly told me when I logged in.
Did you know that today is Earth Day? Again, I didn't - but Google came to the rescue again, with an animated doodle this time. I enjoy those ones - do you? They keep me on the Google page for longer, and reinforce whichever special day it is. My favourites are the games - especially when they reinvented Pacman, a game I spent far too much time on as a student…
So yesterday was Charlotte Brontë's birthday. Today is Earth Day. What day was it two days ago? Yes - it was Easter Sunday. And what did Google do to commemorate it? Nothing. Nothing at all. Just the plain Google logo. A special day that is celebrated around the world - there is no country where there aren't at least some who see Easter Sunday as a joyous reminder of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. I'm pretty sure you can't say that about Charlotte Brontë.
So why no Google doodle? Did it just slip their mind? Surely there can't be an agenda there. Can there?
Thankfully, the world isn't dependent on Google to know about the Lord:
"For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse" (Romans 1 v 20).
Alison Mitchell is a senior editor at The Good Book Company, where she has worked on a range of products including Bible-reading notes for children and families, and the Christianity Explored range of resources. She is the best-selling author of The Christmas Promise and the award-winning Jesus and the Lions' Den.