Earth Day

April 22 is Earth Day...a day designed to raise awareness of the need to take better care of our planet. And one of the easiest ways to “save our planet” is to recycle.

So what does Earth Day and recycling have to do with Media Ministry? I’m glad you asked.

When I was in Montana last month, one of the pastors we filmed told us they had a need for a new tape duplicator. Their duplicator died and they weren’t ready to switch entirely to CD yet. Since we’re no longer using tapes, we had a duplicator that was just collecting dust. So I recycled it. Now that church can continue their tape ministry as they prepare to make their transition to CDs.

I’ve recycled a lot of other media gear to churches, including recycling a projector to another church in our community recently. They were overwhelmed because they simply could not afford a new projector.

I’m sure I have more gear that I’ll be able to recycle as I hear about churches with needs. What can your media ministry recycle to help another church?

Town Hall for Hope

I’ve mentioned before how I love that serving through media allows us to take part in so many other ministries. We get to share in another amazing event this Thursday evening.

Dave Ramsey will be hosting a live webcast called “Town Hall for Hope”. He will be sharing “what’s happening with the economy, how we got here, and where we’re going.”

First Media ran a broadcast test last week to work out any technical issues with the webcast and the backup broadcast via satellite. Dave had a few technical issues and we had a few, but by the end of the night all was running smoothly. We’ll do more testing this week before the webcast goes live.

I hope you’ll attend Thursday night and share in the hope that Christ has given to us.

It just couldn't get any better than this!

Yesterday was my daughter’s fifth birthday. I was thinking about how much she has changed in the last five years. When she was a newborn, I’d hold her in my arms, stare at her and think “it just couldn’t get any better than this.” And when she started crawling...”it just couldn’t get better than this.” And when she said “Dadda” for the first time....ummmmmm! And while we were out riding her new bike yesterday, I thought, ”it simply couldn’t get better than this!” I want to freeze time and keep her just the way she is...but I know that I can’t.

And so it is with technology, too. Technology is changing faster now than any other time in our history. And the tendency for most people is to hold the status quo. “We love what we already have, so why do we need something different?”

I know that change can be scary...but it’s exciting, too! Over the next five years, technology will drive changes in the way we do business, the way we interact socially and even the way we do church. Think about how we could be intentionally using technologies such as Facebook and Twitter to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ...if that doesn’t excite you then you may need to check see your doctor (aren’t you glad he’s keeping up with technology!)

As much as I want my daughter to stay a little princess forever, I cannot wait to see how she’ll change and grow over the next few years...it just couldn’t get any better than that!