Mobile Ministry Magazine

This is what happens when I should not be peeking in on news from the Apple releases today...

Anyways, more than most things techie, music has been one that is mobile in both how we carry it and how it moves us in various capacities. Simply speaking, if music doesn't move you, then its not worth listening to.

So you can imagine a bit of a surprise when looking at the Apple front page seeing a news post about Gospel great Andre Crouch and Apple's Logic Pro software. It even goes as far as talking about how he is using it to teach:

Crouch is a preacher, and preachers love to teach. In the section of the church that he transformed into a studio/theater, Crouch plans to teach kids about music making and recording. And when they've learned enough, they'll get to perform and record in the space. "Most of these kids have never been to a professional studio," says Crouch. "We're going to teach these kids to run Logic and all this gear. They're going to record their own tracks and learn how the pros work. It's going to be great because we have some brilliant kids who already know computers like the backs of their hands and they want to make music, but they haven't put the two together."

Now, don't think me a musician by any means. I cannot play anything except air instruments. But to take technology that he knows and then put it in a position to extend the exisiting knowledge of youth is pretty encouraging to me.

I've always seen MMM as leading into that for myself at some point down the line. I've seen how others who have been in various web-based ministries have also gotten the chance, or soon will, to extend what they have been doing online and [if you will] make disciples through the teaching of the Spirit-led uses of talents and abilities. To me, that seems a great way to share and live the Gospel; even if it does mean an Apple is taken here or there.

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