Bidding intensifies for Calif. megachurch – Yahoo! News. The story continues. Mismanagement, not cultivating outreach to younger generations, and cult of personality. For me, not only is it evidence of the death of the megachurch as boomer phenom, but also points to the decline of mainline denominations. We grew with the boomer wave and catering […]
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Cinema Stunt by Carlsberg | THEINSPIRATION.COM l THIS IS WHâ–²T INSPIRES US. Few places are as intimidating as this movie theater, but Christian congregations on Sunday mornings can be nearly as scary for first time worshippers. If only we could be as welcoming to those who risk staying. Once again, advertisers get it right when […]
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We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists – Trailer – YouTube. This is a fascinating trailer to a movie I’m going to have to check out. I’ve been watching the whole Occupy movement evolve in all its variety and settings – peaceful and violent; articulate and sarcastic; authentic and anarchic. The outcome politically? I’m […]
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Millennials Leave Their Churches Over Science, Lesbian & Gay Issues : Public Religion Research Institute. No real surprise here. “The study managed to isolate six main reasons why Millennials (age 18-29) tend to leave Christian churches as they grow up: a sense that young adults were receiving an unsatisfying or “shallow†version of Christianity, feelings […]
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Yeah, its a repost from March 2011. While its a little rambling, I try and paint the picture is that there is a global revolution going on in younger generations that involves freedom and creativity that is being powered by social networking and being fought by Boomers who want to stay in control.
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Posted in American Culture, Blogs, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Postmodern Perspectives, Rob Bell and Nooma, The Organized Church, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Mar 23rd, 2011
Rob Bell and C.S. Lewis (by Jeff Cook) | Jesus Creed. One of the best reflections on this matter by an evangelical and I believe he is spot on when he concludes with this: The debate over Love Wins is not actually a fight only about doctrine. It is about angst caused by different cultures […]
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Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter – NYTimes.com. As a WordPress user, I find it interesting that for those of us who are serious bloggers, the blog/twitter combo in particular is quite effective in surfing for stories and commentary of significant content. Twitter helps me sift through many blogs by headline […]
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Thanks to the snowstorm that has shut down most everything here in NW Ohio, it seemed the right time to finish up a podcast. While its a little rambling, I try and paint the picture is that there is a global revolution going on in younger generations that involves freedom and creativity that is being […]
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Social networking under fresh attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US | Media | The Observer. I sent this on to Leonard Sweet. I’d bet money that the academics are boomers who struggle to communicate in the digital world. For all the talk of creating isolation, I think its may be as much the growing […]
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