Mobile Ministry Magazine

One of the barriers to using digital 'anything' as a tool within ministry settings is the fact that being any aspect of digital means that you have some level of affluence. Unfortunately, this does not speak towards the majority of those who need Christ, nor to many who are Christ-followers, and so digital 'anything' and 'everything' has to take a respecctive backset until it has its place.

For example, yesterday I was at the community laundry mat, and per my usual, I had something to eat while talking with a few (random) people. Somehow, and this time not my fault, we got on the subject of phones and a guy pulls out a Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. He says that he really likes it, but there was no one even at the store where he bought it that was able to help him.

Of course, Nokia's Blogger Relations helped to make be a bit knowledgable about this device and I was able to help him with his device, and then open a door to conversation that will hopefully lead to him not just deepening his relationship and convictions to Christ, but also making him a light to his community, family and friends.

If you will, we can sometimes be so digitally tuned, that we forget that there were social networks before Facebook, MySpace and Jaiku. Our voice, and the abilities that God has already given us to communicate the truth of His Son to everyone is right there. The digital element is to be used as a part of the speaking piece in the mist of that, not before it.

After that, we'll find that one of the digital hurdles are done. Now, as for the other one of actually digitizing everyone, I am not sure that soemthing like that is needed; but understanding the place for digital even in the lives of those that do not -- and then teaching them the difference -- makes for another part of this life that is a lot less of a hurdle than it was before.

Edit: fixed the spelling and tweaked a few sentences for clarity

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