But What Does One Look Like?
Amist the many posts of the last week about being responsible with relationship and technology, one question that has been coming to mind a lot has been what a mobile minister looks like. Not so much what he/she would carry, but the really good stuff, as in how would you identify one (its not like we have collars that can be seening online and off in many cases). But if someone wanted to know that you were availiable in helping them balance tech and their faith, how would they know to come to you?
Of course, this would probably be really general depending on reigon and mission, but it would be great to hear from you some characteristics of a mobile minister that would be conductive to being a involved in this part of the Body.
Of course, this would probably be really general depending on reigon and mission, but it would be great to hear from you some characteristics of a mobile minister that would be conductive to being a involved in this part of the Body.
posted by Antoine @ 1/30/2006 02:45:00 PM
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I think to answer the question "What does a mobile minister look like", you have to first define the role of the mobile minister, or the mission. That could be the subject of a whold other blog, but you asked specifically: "if someone wanted to know that you were availiable in helping them balance tech and their faith, how would they know to come to you?"
I'm a network administrator for a large ISP here in Iowa (I know, I know... but as large as ISP's get in Iowa, ok???) and I do a couple of things to let people know who I am and where I stand. One of the things I do is I take my Bible to work with me and set it right on my desk, on the end that's opened to the isle. People see it when they walk by and some slow down when they see it. Others have been involved in coversations with me and used foul language only to look down at my Bible, then look at me and apologize, as if they did something wrong. (I love the way God convicts people...) When someone asks why I have a Bible at work, I say to them that I reference it frequently when answering e-mails or posting in discussion forums and things like that. (And to be honest, more often than I use my paper Bible, I use sites like Bible Gateway but I do use my regular Bible also.)
I also have things on the bulletin board in my cubicle, pieces of "art" my 6 year old daughter did in Sunday School and things like that. Additionally, I make frequent references to sermons I've heard or what I'm reading in my daily Bible reading and things like that in conversation.
One other thing I do that wasn't the intended purpose of this tool, but it works nicely, is I have Covenant Eyes installed on both computers on my desk. When I power them on, you see the big Covenant Eyes splash screen and a number of people have asked me about that. Covenant Eyes is an internet accountability program that tracks your web surfing, and e-mails logs to anybody you designate. In my case, that's my wife, my pastor, and two other men in my church, but people ask what internet accountability is and what you do with that, and that's a great opportunity to share with them that while I don't neccesarily strugle with pornography, I am a red-blooded American male and am subject to all of the same temptations as every other male I know, and this is just a little piece of mind for my wife if nothing else.
Those are some of the things I do that help me to make sure others know where I am with regard to my faith. And those spring boards are often enough to get some really serious conversations started, and plant some really serious seeds prayerfully.
Grace and peace,
A. Jay
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