Mobile Ministry Magazine

Greetings all; thanks to all of you who have visited and commented on MMM Mobile in the past week. It was certainly a new experience for me to use a mobile device as the web server and I have a greater appreciation for a lot of aspects of server administration that I had not had before.

Seeing what my mobile device could do under the pressure of being a communications platform in every sense of the word was tough as well. From blogging, to the web chat on day one, to just making sure that I would keep the MMM Jaiku channel going with back-chat; it was both a pleasure and a challenge to do something that (to my knowledge) has not been tried before.

What's next is a report of things that I found, as well as why such an experiment has relevance in this highly connected world. With talk of net neutrality, the new digital divide, and Christian digital responsibility, there's a good deal that this experiment opened that I will be bringing to you in a three part report.

To give you a heads up, here is an outline of what you can expect in my next three posts:

Part One:

• Reasons and Goals of Experiment
• Explanation of Nokia's Mobile Web Server and my Device
• Social Networking Component

Part Two:

• Day to Day Use
• Immediate Challenges
• Accessibility versus Versatility

Part Three:

• Lessons Learned
• Current and Future Applications
• Why This Is A Model for the [Digital] Church

I am trying to take my time with this, and I do encourage you to ask questions along the way towards parts that need to be better explained or clarified. Like I stated earlier, making sure that you (this audience) understands why such an mobile experiment has relevance for you today is a big goal of this report. Keeping in mind of the Word to always encourage one another, its my hope that this would encourage you to not just think about how to use technology, but how your innovative use of it will give people a chance to view Christ in ways that they never imagined.

Again, stay tuned, Part One is just about finished being written and edited. Looking forward to your comments.

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