The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Apr 24th, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
One advantage of being home sick is that you have time to just sit, so I have finished the first Wired Jesus Hit Test and should have it off to Adam Curry by Tuesday. Look for a Podcast tomorrow that will include the Hit Test and some reflections on how some of the best spiritual music out there is not being sung in churches but on radios and ipods.
Apr 21st, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
Here it is, Podcast #8 – OMG!: How Generation Y is Redefining Faith in the iPod Era. I’ll apologize for the quality on this one – nothing to do with the hardware, all to do with my bronchitus that has kept me home for two days now. So please excuse the occasional cough and wandering while the drugs still work.
The study OMG!: How Generation Y is Redefining Faith in the iPod Era was sponsored by REBOOT, a postmodern Jewish network for innovation. This is a great site to see how other faith traditions are dealing with the challenges of the spiritual journey of postmoderns. Check out the site and look for some more discussion on their findings.
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Apr 21st, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
As I finish posting Podcast #8, I’m home sick watching The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) starring Anthony Quinn on Turner Classic Movies. I figured someone would pull this old gem of a movie out after John Paul II died. Not only does it give a good view of what happens whenever a pope dies but also it a marvelous story of an unlikely Pope being elected. A Russian who spent 20 years in Siberia and a natural reformer, the movie paints a cool picture of what happens when an unexpected and unconventional spiritual leader emerges out of a community. The unique relationship between the doubting, existential priest (with some real postmodern inclinations) under suspicion of heresy by the Congregation of Doctrine (the very group Cardinal Ratzinger headed up) and the new pope is fascinating, as well as with the hardline, old school cardinal. At the heart is the postmodern hunger for a real spiritual relationship versus faith as intellectual doctrine and dogma. Set in the midst of Cold War nuclear tensions, it really is an outstanding gem of a movie that many postmoderns like me many have missed out on. It is not listed as playing again this month, so you may want to go online and see if you buy it or rent it. It appears to only be available on VHS but recent events may trigger a DVD – it would generate some quick revenue I’m sure.
Apr 19th, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
Is it just me or does the whole “wake up with the King” promos for Burger King creep anyone else out? From the very first one to finding a guy with a papermache head on in your bed to him standing outside your door with a 760 calorie breakfast sandwich that would choke a lumberjack, the whole thing is just weirding me out – and this is coming from a guy who has “got” Monty Python since he was ten and can quote sketches at the drop of a hat. I just don’t get it – maybe i’m getting old or just not getting it is the point. In that case, it works.
If you haven’t seen it, check it out.
Apr 16th, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
Thanks for all the emails and comments about the interview with Greg. Its seems many of you listeners are interested and hearing more from Greg, both his own reflections on his growth in faith but also with questions of your own.
So let me throw this out to you all.
1) What questions would you like to ask Greg, now or in the future?
2) Would you like other interviews with Gen Y – members of our high school youth groups or some of our college students? If so, what questions would ou ask them?
Its your chance to interact as a community and help shape the reflections at discussions on the road with Wired Jesus.
As I mentioned in my podcast, my next podcast will be working with the article Aaron referenced in his comment, a poll called OMG!: How Generation Y is Redefining Faith in the iPod Era. You can find it at Aaron’s link or at the main site called Reboot – A Network for Jewish Innovation. The spiritual journey for postmoderns goes beyond any of our tribes.
Apr 15th, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
Here is the long awaited interview with one of my 8th grade catechism students.. Greg had asked to job shadow me for a day – a requirement in our middle school on their vocation day – and so we did a podcast about how he understands God, faith, and Jesus. There are no links at the moment, I might add some later but got to run right right now.
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Apr 9th, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
I just had an article posted on Ginkworld on Podcasting and the church. Go check it out and let me know what you think.
Something really strange and flattering happened when my bishop (basically my regional boss) and his staff listened to one of my podcasts as part of their meeting. The result is I’m now going to talk about podcasting and the emerging church at our synod assembly (consider it the regional meeting of about 186 congregations). Most of them have little idea what its all about – podcasting or the new spiritual directions that the emerging church is taking , let alone the directions of postmodern spirituality – but they’re interested enough to ask me to be a guide. I’m honored.
Look for the next podcast on Tuesday, my interview with one of the 8th graders from our congregation on his journey of faith – doubts and all.
Apr 7th, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
After much agonizing, cursing, and threatening gestures at my laptop – what the bible calls “being cast into the outer darkness where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth”, my friend Jon Abad, pointed me in the right direction to fix the rss enclosure problem. So, you should be receiving subscriptions again and life is good. Thanks, Jon, you are the wordpress king.
Apr 7th, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
Let’s see if the RSS works now for this week’s podcast. Again, if any of you received this podcast already, let me know because then its an aggregator problem and not a feed problem at my end – but I don’t think that’s the case.
Apr 7th, 2005 by Tom Lyberg
My new version of Ipodder is not downloading my latest podcast. Its on the server, the direct download link works – its just the RSS enclosure function doesn’t seem to be working.
Anyone else having this problem? Let me know if your podcasting software downloaded yesterday’s podcast or not.
thanks