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Posted in American Culture, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Postmodern Perspectives on Jan 12th, 2014
How I Rediscovered Faith | RELEVANT Magazine. Malcom Gladwell is one of the most fascinating writers and social observers that I read. This is a great reflection on how his journey has led him back to faith. His books Tipping Point and David and Goliath are excellent and I highly recommend them.
Posted in American Culture, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff on Jan 6th, 2014
5 Must-Reads on Religion and Social Media | (A)theologies | Religion Dispatches. In recent centuries the Church seems to be behind the curve from the rest of the world. Like Wired Jesus, back in 2006 it was a top 25 religious podcast world wide, now not even a blip on the radar and fluttering in […]
Posted in American Culture, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Christian Denominations, Face Palm - When Failure Happens, Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff on Apr 29th, 2013
The Rules Have Changed, Pastor… (Be sure you know the rules!) • ToddRhoades.com | ToddRhoades.com. While this article really doesn’t say anything new about the state of the North American Church, it does say it well. We are struggling to come to grips that things have changed and what many of were trained to do […]
Posted in Blogs, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Non-Denominational, Postmodern Perspectives, Web Pages To Check Out, Weirdness on Jul 8th, 2012
Rachel Held Evans | Christian bookstores and their chokehold on the industry. Once again, Rachel Held Evans hits the nail on the head, re-enforcing for me why I find Christian book stores to be as creepy as mimes, puppet shows, and Barney. Check out the entire post but here is the quote that resonates for […]
Posted in Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different on Jun 21st, 2012
Ask Pastor Matt–â€How Do You Read So Much?†| Pastor Matt. I found this a good reminder today that, in light of my podcast, I do need to read more and its not that hard to find the time to do it.
Posted in American Culture, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Lutherans, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church, Wandering, Wired Jesus Podcast on Jun 21st, 2012
One of the things I enjoy about a week at church camp is the chance to unwind and read. Yesterday I experienced the luxury of reading a book cover to cover – Evolving In Monkeytown by Rachel Held Evans. As a long time reader of her blog, I was a slacker in getting around to […]
Posted in American Culture, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Language and Lingo, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church on Jun 10th, 2012
Will Churches Go The Way of Bookstores? | …In the Meantime. More on this later but wanted to get this up on the blog this morning before I head off to lead Sunday morning worship. But perspectives are changing, the religious monopoly is over. On a day when because of a broken AC we are […]
Posted in Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, The Organized Church on Feb 6th, 2012
Anne Rice Talks About Her Faith, the Bible & Her New Book ‘The Wolf Gift’ | TheBlaze.com. Interesting. This story comes off Glenn Beck’s news aggregator, The Blaze, not exactly where I would expect Anne Rice to be giving an interview. A very intelligent and thoughtful woman, this article is well worth reading.
Posted in American Culture, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different on May 21st, 2011
Well, here is one of our Lutheran scholars talking about the rapture and her book on it on MSNBC. The thing is, even though this rapture drama is over, the teaching is still out there and it will happen again. Her book and interview help put it into a better perspective the next time around. […]
Posted in Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Jesus the Christ, Rob Bell and Love Wins, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Apr 6th, 2011
This started on Facebook but a running post here on Wired Jesus might make a better venue for discussion, especially considering my next podcast that is in the works is on the larger issue of the evangelical uproar over the book. Rob has not said anything new, as he says, but I would say the […]