Mobile Ministry Magazine

A Mobile Opportunity Missed for Now
Greetings all; it is my hope that many of you are having a great week. I am adjusting to my new job and while it has meant that I am in front of a computer for the entire day, there does not seem to always be enough time to get all the thoughts out that I want out.

That is ok though. I am planning a vacation from MMM for next week (the rest of the team will be holding things down) and after that there will be some changes, additions, and subtractions to the MMM site and magazine. One thing that I do know that is needed is help in creating and maintaining the e-magazine. So think about it if that is something you are not just interested in, but are also gifted in and would like to assist MMM in that area.

One of the things that I realize every day as I travel to and from work is the ease at which the Body could use technology to present Christ just as easy as music or newspapers are printed. Now sure, most of us can agree that a person coming up to us with a trac in hand is sometimes disturbing. But we cannot deny that it is sometimes quite effective in doing just enough to get someone thinking that Jesus wants to chat. Now, imagine if we could take that a step further and like that one sign that says "read this out loud," the Body is saying "Jesus want's to talk to you right now, take this free download to your MP3 player or simple HTML trac and then engage people just a bit differently.

Another thought. I was reading at the one sight Mobile Opportunity and the post about how Palm could release a handheld and no one notice turned into a chat about the differing tastes in mobiles in the US and various other parts of the world. While I have to admit first off that my usage clearly belongs in the UK or Japan, I can totally agree with the sentiment that in terms of culture and technology, each world region has developed its own culture rules, and it is by those rules that movment within technology happens. Quite simply, what works in the US does not always, and usually fails to, work in Europe or Asia and vice versa. In the same way, I would think that approaching tech in ministry has the same potential for cultural diversity. However, it hasn't been tapped yet. It is my hope that it does not just get tapped, but the Body starts taking advantage of those differences to help those who cannot see, see that Christ is in tech and quite versatile there too.
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