Living the Between

Still working through all the thoughtful writing of author Julie Anne Lytle in her book-
Faith Formation 4.0.  This blog right here- Women of the SED is a helpful place to connect Julie's research with the initial interactions in a a virtual community. Knowing that blogland is still new to many in the world of social media, it never hurts to explain some of the basics.

First, it is a personal choice to be connected to receive new posts in a timely manner. The easiest way to accomplish that is to sign up to receive them by email. ( on the top right side of the blog)
A Feedburner box will come up for you to write in the letters there - to make sure you are a real human being.  Then there is the Next important step---  an email will come to your inbox and you need to click on this to ensure you will get the upcoming emails.  Without this last step-- you are not connected.
That way you get new postings as they are added. It is the hope that this blog connects ALL WOMEN in the Southeastern District- LCMS- the professional called worker, those married to called workers, and ALL laywomen.

Participating in a virtual community is the beginning of moving from physical place to digital space connections. What are the possible benefits from this virtual connection?

• we begin to see the power of God's story in our lives and that each of us have a story
• we see the organic way that the God's transforming love changes lives in His timing and with His methods
• we see that faith communities should have a balance between- hearing the Word and living the Word----and helps us each to do a check and balance in our own lives
• we see that we no longer are limited in our relationships by the excuses we have long held as the obstacles- distance, time, money, schedules and forum ( just no way to make it happen)
• missionary life is challenging- and we are all missionaries in need of encouragement
• when we are connected- God has new pathways to use to bring His Kingdom to life

So what is living the between?  We are living the between right now in the exploration and learning community of ministry in the digital age. We don't have clean and pat answers. It has not all been solved and laid out in "how to" manuals.  There are the early innovators that we can learn from and 

researchers like Julie Lytle that point us in the right direction for beginning the engagement.

So what can You do today? Sign up. Be connected. Be brave to tread in new territory. Go along as we learn together. Take a new step that may just allow the Holy Spirit to use us all as conduits of grace.

Maybe this new door has a clipboard waiting on it with your name-- and what Jesus wants you to do in this new adventure in His Kingdom.

Blessings,

Connie