Pulling back from the normal slate of content and content topics, there’s a need to be a bit transparent towards MMM and that aspect of managing expectations.
What is MMM
Simply put, Mobile Ministry Magazine (MMM) is a blog/magazine which seeks to ask and explore life at the intersection of faith and mobile technology. Like any magazine worth reading, its the point of MMM not to peddle advertising space, but to initiate the conversation towards what happens when our use of mobile and web technology intersects with the Christian faith.
The concepts and stories here pull together perspectives and points from many areas of life and society in order to show those intersections, and challenge us to move past them.
How is MMM Supported
Training, consulting, and speaking. In the initial five (5) years of MMM, it was a part-time endeavor, supported out of pocket and by the generosity of several persons (domain space, post submissions, etc.). Of course, that’s not the case now, and therefore MMM has pushed past the point of just being that flat magazine, to a point of enablement through training, consulting, and speaking.
But, not ads. Sorry to disappoint those looking for them, but advertisements aren’t going to be used here for the foreseeable future. They detract from the story, and as a monetization model, aren’t very consistent. Better to keep walking this ground sharing the strategies behind the stories, and leave the magazine as a place to detail those stories.
Magazines Are About Stories
Because magazines are about stories, your voice(s) are needed. Whether that’s something as simple as a link to content which might be valuable, or the submission of a post/white paper towards an implemented strategy, these voices are needed. After all, if we are going to move past the intersection of faith and mobile tech, might as well set the course with those who are doing work in this area.
Do you have a story or content to submit, hold tight, a new content submission form and some rules around that content is coming.
But, Is It A Magazine?
Sure MMM is. But, its not staying close to a traditional definition.
Taking chances with site designs that promote deeper reading, content availability streams such as RSS, RSS by SMS, etc. will constantly keep this place pushing up against that edge of what is and isn’t a magazine. And at the same time, its mobile – the point isn’t to just get immersed into content, but to provoke actions that empower because of it.
But, that’s part of the point. MMM doesn’t follow a model, it is a model in progress. And that story, just as much of the story of what we do with faith and technology is part of what we detail here.