Today I am reminded how very much I have become dependent on technology to do ministry. Not so much in my church -- In need the copier and a folding machine -- both of which are old technologies. It is the other parts of ministry where I have become very dependent on technology for communication. Today my Internet was down and it was a frustrating moment because some of my communication and ministry depends on e-mail. E-mail, cell phones and the Internet dominate my time and energy because they have become necessary to do ministry in the modern western world. Or have they?
One of the things I have started at my church is a prayer fellowship group. It has a simple accountability question that is asked every week, then a devotional for a brief discussion and then we pray together -- very low, non-tech. It works and is very loved by those who attend.
Technology has also brought with a multitude of problems -- Internet garbage of whatever type has caused a lot of ruckus but then again we have lived in a bubble in the Christian church until the last 20 years or so. The fact is these beliefs have and practices have always existed but now are more visible. I don't think we can stop it anymore -- it is simply a matter of responding effectively.
I still try to minister the only truly effective way -- by personal touch. Technology aside people still respond better to simply being treated as valued human being and that is true at all times no matter where technology may take us.
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