A lot of what happens on the web is about connections. When I joined up with two fellow bloggers in the early 2,000's, Dave and Josue, I had never met them in person. Using Skype, we would talk and plan and strategize our blog called Just Pastors. When it finally went on line, it was as if we had known each other for years.

This week, I finally met Josue and it was really weird in one sense. I already knew him. Never having met, I already knew him. Dave and I met a couple of years ago when he stopped in for a quick visit as he was traveling through. Now Josue and I have met. And He and Dave have met.

We've all met. And the internet is how we met. The Intimate Internet. I know there are a lot of folks who think the internet is capable of creating isolation for some. And I agree that is possible. For me, it's quite the opposite. It creates natural connections along lines of shared interest. And it creates intimacy in that respect. Not the kind of intimacy you are supposed to have with your spouse, but an emotional, jazzed, collaborative type of intimacy surrounding your common interests. In our case, it was about wanting to see pastors do well and have fun as pastors and parents and human beings. It was a great blog, I wish we could do it again.

For me, it was about the collaboration, or the Ambient Intimacy. The team work. Someone called us the Three Blogsters or something. That works too. I really like the way it brought three pastors together who lived thousands of miles apart and helped us to work together as one.

So what's your idea for Ambient Intimacy? I'll bet you have one.