Recently I've taken on, with a team of wonderful people, the co-leadership of my church's youth group. So doing, my brain has been bursting with ways to update the way we connect with kids; an obvious offspring of that is "technology."

Now, I'm a moderate tech-geek, and I see websites that engage kids, providing them with devotions, bible studies, and a community to bolster their faith and help them become real powerhouses for God on their campuses. But, this has led me to other thoughts as well.

To develope the idea a little further I looked to the success of our radio ministry, and thought, "Hmmm." This is a very cost prohibitive way of reaching the world with the truth, but there could be a better way. Not that I'm bagging on radio, it is just so Marconi. Podcasting, may be an amazing way to get voices into the ether. Here's the idea:

The trial manifestation would be a panel discussion: a layman, a pastor and a seminarian (or some other reasonable triad). They would initially choose topics to discuss in a "round-table" format. As the show evolved, they could answer questions emailed by listeners. My thought is that this would be a weekly show, perhaps aired on Sunaday evenings (although it could be recorded whenever).

My querie is this: would people pay for this type of ministry? Not much mind you, even as little as $1.00 an episode. This could be used as a way to compensate the men who volunteer their time to , well, be the show.

And there could be hundreds of offshoots: youth issues, women's issues, christian weekend magazine giving perspective on current events. All subscriber-based.

Anyway, please share any thoughts you have. Thanks.