I was having a coffee with a guy who found GRACE through our website. Usually people find out about our gatherings through a friend, show up to a gathering with them, then either determine whether they will come back or not. This guy had the courage to show up to a gathering with NO ONE. Particularly since we meet in a nightclub. (We’re doing things a little different…)
That takes guts.
Now he’s totally into what we’re doing. In the short time that I know him I’m finding out that he’s a great guy.
I am also finding out that our weekly devotional, the COFFEE BREAK, is growing in it’s impact. My new friend travels all over the world (he’s in journalism) and he tells me that he listens to it every week. Another guy who is a part of our community has a lead role in a traveling Broadway show. He uses the COFFEE BREAK as a Bible study. It’s been a spiritual lifeline for him on the road.
I think the story that moves me most is the email that I got from a woman in a small town in Illinois. Her daughter is a part of our community and her mom met us when she came to the city to visit. She is enjoying the COFFEE BREAKS a lot and is forwarding them to everyone that she knows. The part that gets me is that she has cancer and has been given only a few months to live.
It’s humbling, you know? What would I do if I knew that I had only a few months to live? To be a part of her story at this stage of her life is holy ground. Her email to me was inspiring. Just the way that our email encourages her and her email inspires and challenges me tells me that email is not just an impersonal way to talk. We are both deeply impacted by digital dimensions.
The way that the internet connects people is amazing. It never will replace the face to face interaction that we all need, but the internet allows us to keep up and be a part of something bigger than all of us. At GRACE we’re beginning to work on projects that will be used on the internet that will help people in their search for God. God’s good news to humanity is something we can all use. And the internet gives us one tool to help make this good news real for people that we may never see but who are important to God.
If you think of us, pray for digital dimensions. I know that this entry is not ground breaking, but it helps me to remind us about the potential that is there for all of us.
Shalom,
Dave
