Mobile Ministry Magazine: Prepping for Messages

Seeing mobile technology through the lens of Scripture

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Friday, October 26, 2007

Prepping for Messages

I am still sitting at the coffeehouse. This is probably the first time that I have been able to sit in one and just rest and look around. One of the things that has happened today is that there has been a good deal of attention given to my setup of a Treo and external keyboard. If you will, this is something that has not been seen before. As I've pondered that this day, I have realized that a few pastors have shown up here working on messages and other studies (one of which was my own pastor). While some have been amazed at my setup, my personal wonderment has been on how it is they are preparing messages.

The common setup seems to be a Dell laptop plugged into the nearest outlet. Software such as MS Word sits in the main screen as the main outlining component. Some have had software Bibles onscreen, others have used a combination betweeen software and paper Bibles to draw from. In all of the cases though, there is an organization here that I have not seen before (usually now I am at work).

So here's my question, seeing the integration of some aspects of mobile/web technology, do any of you who are pastors do anything more in preparing your sermons and lessons? Or, if you are doing something more, are any of you tying in the process of creating your messages/lessons into opportunities to share more about what goes into your vocation?