The same Sydney Anglican minister who recently asked his children, "What is an iPod?' has now become the source of one of the most popular Australian religious podcasts.
"There's probably a great sleep deficit being solved out there," says the Rev Simon Manchester, attempting to down-play the significant uptake in his sermons.
The Christian radio station FM 103.2 only started podcasting Mr Manchester's regular Sunday morning segment "Christian Growth' three weeks ago.
But his sermons rapidly rose to the number two spot for subscribed religious podcasts and continue to regularly feature in the list of most popular programs in the "Australian Religious and Spirituality Podcast" category.
Apple iTunes Store, the dominant player in audio online distribution across the world, supplies the ranking of podcasts.
Podcasting technology is generally associated with a much younger demographic than the age of Australia's average church attendant.
The National Church Life Survey estimates the church has greater proportions of people of people aged over 50 years and fewer under 40 years than the general community.
Which all adds up to Mr Manchester occupying a digital pulpit for a much younger generation.
But regardless of his audience, the father of three young adults says his goal is to present a timeless message that is just as clear to plumbers as it is to professors.
"Although I know some long words I have always prepared using short ones," he says, smiling.
"I would rather be like Jesus " the common people heard him gladly."
But he says a recent speaking engagement in the United Kingdom has taught him the the pervasiveness of this new technology.
"I preached what I thought was a pretty ordinary sermon, but weeks later I received a very encouraging letter from a minister in America who had listened to it via the Internet," he explains.
"He wrote, "How great it is that an Australian can give talks in Ireland that can help an American pastor stay on track for the Gospel.'"
Click here to subscribe to Simon Manchester's Christian Growth podcast, or here to visit the collection of Simon Manchester sermons at Sydneyanglicans.net's MP3 library.
