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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17 Signs Of A Fast Growing Church | Brian Dodd On Leadership. Living in the Lutheran tribe, with a 500 year history and serving in a congregation that has been around for over 100 years, I’m not exactly living ministry in the fast growth track. When I read this article it got me thinking. There […]
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Posted in American Culture, Television on Jan 21st, 2011
‘Skins’ Star Defends Show’s Racy Content: ‘It’s What Teens Are Doing’ – The Hollywood Reporter. First Glee, now Skins. Are these shows “sexualizing” our teens or are the symptom and result of the Boomer sexualization of society? Perhaps the question not whether we can stop this but do we understand how we got here?
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Church Trends with Sam Chand | TonyMorganLive.com. Tony Morgan has become one of my go to resources on understanding the church today, particularly for those of us leading/developing multi-staff settings. This interview and identification of the major church trends in 2011 is spot on and we, as church leaders, ignore it as our peril. Its […]
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Thanks to Bob Cannon for letting me know about the sound problem. I borrowed my oldest son’s gaming headset since my headset mike is busted and the sound was very different than what I usually set up for. So I didn’t check closely enough on the sound levels and the background music became too loud […]
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Igniter Media has a viral hit on its hands. Not only is this quickly making the rounds on YouTube but I think pastors like me are recognizing one of the most powerful retellings of the Christmas story that I have seen in years. I think if there was any question that postmoderns are digital natives […]
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In working on my sermon for this weekend, the gospel reading is Luke 15:1-10 and the part that jumped out at me was the accusation levelled at Jesus that he welcomed sinners and ate with them. His response was that heaven celebrates when the lost is found, when the 99 are left to fend for […]
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Finally, a new podcast. What sparked it was some of the positive experiences I have had with congregations and change in recent months but the reality that most have become what Len Sweet calls “Bastions of Boredom.” Bastions Of Boredom from The Work Of The People on Vimeo. This great video done by Work of […]
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