Welcome to the WMT Blog

After several weeks of pestering the church staff about blogging I have decided to join the fray by starting my own blog. I have intentionally picked a narrow area of focus for my blog - Worship, Media, Technology. As you can see there is nothing narrow about these areas. I figure that if I pick such a broad topic area I have license to blog about just anything!

Jesus taught his followers using parables. His parables used simple language and illustrations that resonated with his listeners. The timelessness of a good parable is evident in the fact that many parables still speak to us even though our frame of reference is different.

As the church seeks to minister to new generations we need to be fluent in their language(s). Our church is a mix of digital natives and digital immigrants. The younger generations see and process the world about them in a much different way than we did. Many of us can remember when there were no computers, no cable TV, no cell phones. Our younger folks have always had these devices and are often the ones we ask for help in setting up our voice mail, contact lists, etc. Apple has a good list of these differences posted on a website aimed at educators who are dealing with these broad cultural shifts.

This blog is about our journey to become fluent in new means of reaching folks, wherever they might be in the native-immigrant continuum. I'm hoping that through this blog you will gain an appreciation for the method to my madness as we seek to discover new ways of reaching the folks that we encounter.

About the blog and where I'm going:

• Worship - I am a musician, I sing in the choir, I lead worship for our youth. From time to time I will talk about worship subjects
• Media - I am the chair of the church audio/visual committee, I am the church webmaster, I work with teenagers. From time to time we will talk about how to use media for ministry
• Technology - I am a professional software engineer, I'm the guy you find when your computer will not start up. From time to time we will talk about how Technology will be a way to reach others.