Podcasting

Just when I thought that I was being techno savvy with this blog, I learn about podcasting. To me this means a type of audio on-line broadcast. Podcasts can be downloaded to an iPod, mp3 player or CD. I have been traveling with Rick Steves and having breakfast with Father Roderick in a variety of settings. NPR has a number of interesting podcasts, also. All of this is done when I want to listen and not when it is broadcast. Many church websites are now including podcasts as an option for hearing sermons. This means taking the Word into the world in a very real way. Sermons can be heard while jogging, ironing, raking leaves or whenever one wants or needs one.

I am not ready(yet) to do podcasting. But, I am ready to explore what this means to the way we do ministry. I am amazed at the number of churches that have technology specialists on their staffs. With effective use of the wide variety of technologies available to us, it is exciting to think of the possibilities in reaching out to those seeking to know and claim a faith in God through Jesus Christ. I have heard it said that "technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."