Late Monday Expressions
I had been wondering all day what to write about at MMM. I have had news going thru my head as well as a few other items. What I really want to do though is to just take the time to get Issue 3 finished and released. I think that it will be a good issue and one worth holding onto for a while.
So, I sat and looked at what I do with MMM and really asked myself if there is any way that I could show forth God's vision for MMM a lot better than I have already. I like that MMM has a partnership; that has possibly been one of the best things as it has allowed for MMM to tap other net ministries for their strageties, and at the same time MMM is an encouragement to those ministries and sites.
I thought about how I could better leave the issue of finances in God's hands, and really do a better job of getting outside the blog and doing more MMM than just want I can write here. What I would love to do is to visit many of the churches that have pastors and members visit MMM and talk to them about using the net and mobile technology as an effective tool for ministry. In some ways, I guess that makes me a tech missionary in heart. But it is something that I want to do. I'd like to give that part in a more live fashion than I have done so far.
And then I thought about tech and gadgets. I cannot lie. There are some devices that I just want. I will admit that I was quite content with my T5 and Sony Ericcsion phone for the time that I had it. But the carrying of two devices and the way it made me feel that my mind was more on the tech than the relationship (with Dad), just got to me. I like how having a Treo lightens my hands so that I can raise them. I'd like it even more if I had Bluetooth in my Treo so that I could raise both my hands and not worry about issues with speaker phones being too low. But to me that's the price of knowing what I want. I can either be patient for the device that will meet my needs and fit in life without me having to adjust to it (the Treo has been great in this respect). Or, I can continue to be a gadget nut, giving away the older PDAs that I have outgrown, and showing others how to take the tech that is in their hands and glorify God.
I visited a church this weekend at the University of Maryland and the pastor mentioned that in order to live a life more purposfully, that one has to get rid of teh clutter and become purpose driven in the abilities one has. I'd like to be better in that. And hopefully, enable others to perform their calling of reaching the nations by my own stewardship of God's resources.
So, I sat and looked at what I do with MMM and really asked myself if there is any way that I could show forth God's vision for MMM a lot better than I have already. I like that MMM has a partnership; that has possibly been one of the best things as it has allowed for MMM to tap other net ministries for their strageties, and at the same time MMM is an encouragement to those ministries and sites.
I thought about how I could better leave the issue of finances in God's hands, and really do a better job of getting outside the blog and doing more MMM than just want I can write here. What I would love to do is to visit many of the churches that have pastors and members visit MMM and talk to them about using the net and mobile technology as an effective tool for ministry. In some ways, I guess that makes me a tech missionary in heart. But it is something that I want to do. I'd like to give that part in a more live fashion than I have done so far.
And then I thought about tech and gadgets. I cannot lie. There are some devices that I just want. I will admit that I was quite content with my T5 and Sony Ericcsion phone for the time that I had it. But the carrying of two devices and the way it made me feel that my mind was more on the tech than the relationship (with Dad), just got to me. I like how having a Treo lightens my hands so that I can raise them. I'd like it even more if I had Bluetooth in my Treo so that I could raise both my hands and not worry about issues with speaker phones being too low. But to me that's the price of knowing what I want. I can either be patient for the device that will meet my needs and fit in life without me having to adjust to it (the Treo has been great in this respect). Or, I can continue to be a gadget nut, giving away the older PDAs that I have outgrown, and showing others how to take the tech that is in their hands and glorify God.
I visited a church this weekend at the University of Maryland and the pastor mentioned that in order to live a life more purposfully, that one has to get rid of teh clutter and become purpose driven in the abilities one has. I'd like to be better in that. And hopefully, enable others to perform their calling of reaching the nations by my own stewardship of God's resources.
posted by Antoine @ 11/07/2005 06:22:00 PM
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