469. Kind of a random number, but a really encouraging one. I ran across this number recently when looking for something else. It’s a statistic – the number of times people have listened to a particular audio recording from a particular Bridges conference. The seminar is entitled, “Does the Christian Gospel Make Sense?” and was presented by my coworker, Kurt. Another coworker, Katie, videotaped Kurt’s talk, then later I edited the recording and put it online.
Months went by. A year. Every now and then, someone would find Kurt’s talk and check it out. But not many. Par for the course.
Then suddenly, for some reason, over the past three months, it really got picked up. From Macon, GA to Allston, MA to Los Angeles to Amsterdam to London to Bandung, Indonesia…this talk was reaching many new sets of ears, in places I’ve never been. Some of these places I’ve never heard of.
The strange and cool thing is that we have done absolutely nothing to promote this seminar during that time. We just made it available on one of our Bridges websites, and somehow, all 469 of these people found it. There’s probably some driving force behind some of this, and I’d love to know what, exactly. But it’s so great to see that all this time later, the work that Kurt and Katie and I did is still bearing fruit – quite literally all over the world.
I encourage you to drop in on Kurt’s presentation (audio or video) – it really is an engaging message. We’ve also got many other fantastic talks you can watch or listento and share with others.
But most of all, I want to encourage you that your partnership with our ministry is making a difference. Together, we are bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to many people, and in ways I couldn’t have imagined. Thank you for partnering with us.