I’m sure you’re familiar with the phrase “tentmaking.” Tentmaking is the job that Paul did to cover his living costs whilst off on his mission trips and now the term used to refer to people who do a job some of the time to free themselves up to serve the rest of the time. To many, this may appear to be doing just one job and a bit of an easy life (work part time, rest part time), but the point of tentmaking is that you are free to serve God…which isn’t always/usually relaxing.
The digital world has opened up other possibilities for tentmaking, some people run “passive income” jobs with flexible hours so they are free to serve whenever necessary [though the idea that you can just sit back and let the money roll in is rarely true and doesn’t usually last]. In fact, some people even started blogs around this theme of tentmaking online.
There could be a long blog series (and there are) about the pros/cons/ins and outs of digital tentmaking, but I want to add in another aspect to consider today.