Mobile Ministry Magazine

This post isn't going to be that hard, to write. It will be very hard to keep short and to the point. You see, an increasingly difficult issue has presented itself to me, and while I recognize it, its also quite hard to fix it.

The issue is relevance.

In speaking with some people, I'm excited about what technology can do. I am excited about the mobile, the web, the GPS, the web 2.0, and the divergent points that all of these are looking towards. One could say I am a bit of a furutist in that respect.

But I'm not. I've got a goal. A simple one really. I'd like for the whole world to know Jesus.

My lens happens to be those things web and mobile (well, one lens). I learn and use this tech, and hope that in example and output that I can represent Christ honestly, and plainly. Its a challenge, ego and covetiousness abound as constant buffets. This is one of those things that I am tasked with. And I wear this lens proudly.

Making it relevant to others is the challenge. Its one thing to say you have a mobile device that can do everything. Its another thing to do it. I take intentional hits to productivity in order to see what's possible. To many, its too far, and not relevant. I understand the views of some in that respect. I think I can touch my dreams. What I do with tech just happens to make the trip possible.

I'll read about companies and studies such as this and there's a joy in me that resounds of a kid putting together Lego environments. I see it. I dang near live it. But its too far out there to be relevant. And so I've got to come back.

A foot in the present, a foot in the future, and a heart with Our King.

It was my ex-fiance who set the seeds in motion that became MMM. I had to make the choice of either figure out how to minimize tech for us, or go all out techie and that would be it with her. I turned my eyes towards seeing how tech could be relevant to her. How does it address her needs. She caught a piece and it became easier to have that relevant perspective. Easier, but still a challenge.

I would love for every post here to be a striking the flames of those things I dream about. But this isn't the place. I've admited to myself that doing such for long periods here would not at all benefit the Body I love. I do that thinking at my own site, where the canvas is deliberatly open for such things - though keeping in mind that its a canvas for ideas that eventually do come here and outside these web-walls.

This canvas, seeing technology as an enabler for God's glory to be seen by all, is my dream. There are small steps to be taken until that point. And smaller still are those moments of relevance that everyone can catch regardless of bias.

Relevance is my challenge, and this is just my confession of what makes me tick.

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