Mobile Ministry Magazine: Some Mid-Week Catching Up

Seeing mobile technology through the lens of Scripture

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Some Mid-Week Catching Up

Its safe to say that this week has been short on posts from my end as work projects have taken a great deal of time, energy, and prayer. But to note; I am not forgetting MMM, but using teh break as a time to refresh, and to get things in line for the team here to get you some content that will not only lead ya in God's face concerning mobile technology, but also a little something that you might have missed along the way.

With that said, on to some news items of note:

The Devotional section was added a little over a week ago. From the emails received thus far, people like that section. I do too. But its contents should be a community effort. Send us a devotional for inputting to the Devotional section, and help MMM bless the community with notes in the Word, not always directed technologically.
Excellent article of note at PDA247 talking about PDAs and ADHD. While not at all spiritual in wording, many of us can relate to this persons comments about how organization is more than just getting a device. There needs to be a vision and plan and the strength to walk it out. Take a read at this one and meditate on the linked Scriptures to help someone in your community.
Another excellent article is given by way of MobileRead. In this article by Jeff Mitchell, he talks about how the lack of support and the random way of changing features in the Palm operating system by Palm (the people who sell us the PDAs) and the lack of standards from PalmSource (the people who make the operating system) has discouraged him. I read this article and the first thing I thought of (after treating developers of software much better) was taking the Gospel to people, but giving no thought as to who might have come before you and getting that person/group's feedback before ministering. While I like that technology can be a bridge, if you don't ask questions about their experience with ministry and technology, your use of that technology can be a stumbling block, instead of a bridging-point. Something to think about.
Finally speaking, MMM is looking for more contributors and team members. If your heart has been to submit an article to MMM, shoot us an email with the entry so that we can get it posted. We shall also be sure to recognize you for that. If you want to dive a bit deeper with MMM and build on the website end or magazine end of MMM, and this is a place that God has been calling you; you too can shoot us an email so that we can talk, pray and make things happen to the glory of God while online.