Mobile Ministry Magazine

A Chance for Mobile Ministry
I think that for me, a good part of my restlessness with technology is that I see the intersection of ministry and mobile tech as a means to empower communities. Whether that is taking a trip to another country to evangelize, or just enabling a minister/deacon to spend more time with his family. I feel that tgis is just so new pf am arena that the chace to tap it is just something to go for.

That is part of why I have sat silent this week. I am in oene part challenged with keeping God as the focus, and on another part making sure that tech is balanced in our lives. I also complaim that I am not doing this right or enough. Its more than just telling you a Bible reader is out there, its about telling you the Bible reader is anywhere so that you can stay connected to the Father.

My job doesn't make me mobile except for in my dreams. I was asked if this (MMM) is something that I could see myself doing. Sure. I can see myself promoting the appropriate use of tech to everyone. There should be those types of evangelists. There should also be those who understand the time ans place and respond to something before ot becomes a bigger issue: namely how one really does find balance with God and tech in an increasingly techie world.

I don't know the answers. I have seen tech push away relationships and foster ones that newould existed before. We cannot hide and hope this goes away, and we cannot be so blind to hold onto the newest thing that we miss where God's heart is for us outside of this. Yes, this is my own struggle, but I know that finding that place of balance is what we all want - if it is really possible.

A few people will tell you that I have gotten out of the download and tweaking game. I want tech that just works and was designed with a purpose. And if it were designed with the ability to foster those things that make community stromger, I am even more for it. Do all thing as if I werw doing it for God, even being on my Treo.

So that chance I want; that place. I want for men and women to see that tech is great. That the creative spirit God gave us is great
But it is so .uch better when the doors and windows we have to so anything are extended to those whom life would have otherwise shut off from hearing God's heart for them. Why not make the case that mobile tech shouldn't get us all to the place of saying "halleuah, He reigns." Because it should. At least, that has been one of the cries of my heart.
~ posted via Mo:Blog