The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in American Culture, Prayer, Wandering on Jan 13th, 2011
Arizona Shooting Massacre Brings Need for Healing, Lesson in Forgiveness – FoxNews.com. I’m posting this with a quick note right now to remind myself to say more later. This whole mess and the civility debate just strikes me as weird, insensitive, and manipulative. This story is one of the few stories that takes the faith […]
Posted in American Culture, Wandering, Web Pages To Check Out, Wired Jesus Podcast on Jan 22nd, 2010
Once again tragedy strikes, the question is asked “Why?”, and people start saying stupid things to find some cause or person to blame. It tends to follow the same pattern as it has for eons: something hugely bad has happened, so God must known; God must have allowed or inflicted it for some reason; the […]
Posted in Wandering, Wired Jesus Basics on Apr 15th, 2008
Have you ever wanted to the chance to just talk with Tom directly or have your pastor listen to Wired Jesus? Pastors, have you been looking for someone on the onside to come into your congregation to introduce your leadership to the emerging culture that is all around them? Have you wanted to explore the […]
I’ve been working on an online worship resource for our denomination’s publishing house, Augsburg Fortress, for the past two weeks. The goal is to get pastors and worship planners to contribute sermons, worship service elements, music, and media resources that will be indexed and available by subscription. I’m just finishing up the worship service and […]
Posted in Wandering, Web Pages To Check Out, Wired Jesus Podcast on Aug 8th, 2007
After two months, here’s a new podcast looking at what it means to live digitally and in a certain sense, die digitally. We all have been taught the routine to back up data but what happens when we don’t and we lose it all. Does digital death mean the end or is it the start […]
Posted in Wandering on May 23rd, 2007
Yes, halo, and others, I have heard your cry and shownotes are done on open source faith, which I would argue is not just a postmodern approach to theology and life but something that has defined what “church” is at its best. The inspiration? JamGlue’s collaborative music site. Tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime, I was […]
Posted in Wandering on Apr 12th, 2007
Well, the ordeal called Holy Week and Easter is over and it was great. I call it an ordeal because it takes an incredible amount time, planning, and energy to pull together services that draw you into the experience of Jesus’ death and resurrection. However, it is my favorite part of the year and my […]
Posted in Wandering on Mar 1st, 2007
This is for all the pastors and leaders out there who have had a bad day or two… or three. You aren’t alone. Got this out of a devotional book I was reading this morning. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg ( 1711-1787) was the first influential Lutheran pastor in this country, who came from Germany to serve […]
Posted in Wandering on Feb 8th, 2006
I came across this today, a quote by Flannery O’ Connor (1925-1964) from her book The Habit of Being. “I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe. I know what torment this is, but I can only see it, in myself anyway, as […]
Posted in Its All About Me!, Wandering on Dec 3rd, 2005
If you are a gamer from back in the old paper and pencil, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons days, not to mention a digital gamer today, you will love Jinx. Some of the best shirts and gear for gamers around. I am particularly fond of this shirt. I’m not sure many people in my congregation will […]