The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in American Culture, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Jun 26th, 2008
Here’s the long awaited #43. I apologize for the sound quality – I had the air conditioner running and it was louder than what I realized. Recently I have been pondering the rise and decling of Starbucks and their efforts to reconnect with their core values. What I see happening is their origins of offering […]
Posted in American Culture, Video on Jun 7th, 2008
My Facebook page had been dormant for awhile, so I did some updating this past few days. In honor of that, here is the Facebook Song. I don’t know if this means I have discovered a new means of creative expression or that I am on the road to having no life.
Posted in American Culture, Featured Congregation, Postmodern Perspectives, Wired Jesus Podcast on Apr 24th, 2008
Had this podcast ready a week ago but didn’t have time to get it posted. If you haven’t had a chance to play on a Wii, you are in for a surprising treat… even if you can’t blow anything up. What I found this past Easter is that the Wii may be an emerging venue […]
Posted in American Culture, Music, Television on Apr 11th, 2008
Okay, I’m really getting tired of reality shows. Even a foodie like me has a hard time watching the third season of Top Chef… and its here in Chicago. However, my wife and boys like American Idol, so I took a break from fragging demons in Hellgate: London and came downstairs to watch the finale […]
Posted in American Culture on Apr 4th, 2008
Personally, I don’t think pastors do enough biblical preaching. I don’t mean taking a verse, word by word, old style expository preaching. I mean that we don’t do what Jesus did and connect the Bible with real life and realize that we are part of God’s story, that there is still a conversation going on. […]
Posted in American Culture on Mar 25th, 2008
Ok, I know folks who home school or have home schooled their kids and they turned out just fine. However, just like churches, you always have a few folks who give the rest a bad name, or at least a weird one. I’m not into home schooling, but this home schooling doesn’t need. When I […]
Posted in American Culture, Featured Congregation, Television, Video, Wired Jesus Podcast on Mar 10th, 2008
Finally, a new podcast. You would think in between trying to find a new call, selling a house, and doing the HGTV home improvement thing, I could squeeze in more podcasting time! In light of my son’s 18th birthday, here’s some reflections on reality show, YouTube, and the spiritual journey that might make me sound […]
Posted in American Culture on Mar 5th, 2008
Ok, I’m not the first to say it but my son just came up from the basement to let me know that the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons died this week. Come to find out he still lived about 40 miles north of me in Lake Geneva, WI, the place where the magic all began. […]
Posted in American Culture on Feb 12th, 2008
I had forgotten that I had bookmarked this article. Its a rather interesting look on how corporate types are discovering innovative community as a tool for business. I thought the company that made burning man its leadership retreat was thinking brilliantly. Now to get my next church council to buy into that field trip…
Posted in American Culture, The Organized Church on Oct 26th, 2007
I was sent this link from Leadership Journal about how Willow Creek did a self study on the effectiveness of their programs in building up spiritually mature people. The shocking result? Programs for every type of interest didn’t do much in growing people more like Jesus or buying into WWJD. The money built a special […]