The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in American Culture, Cool Congregations, Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff on Feb 18th, 2011
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 […]
Posted in American Culture, Friends, Language and Lingo, Leadership Resources on Feb 16th, 2011
The Authenticity of Facebook and Twitter | Big Is The New Small. I credit Scott Williams for causing me to rethink and discover twitter as being something more than bumper sticker wisdom. I can’t recall where I came across his blog, but as I started following his twitter feed, it opened up how leaders are […]
Posted in Suffering - When Bad Things Happen to Anyone on Feb 14th, 2011
My Faith: Suffering my way to a new tomorrow – CNN Belief Blog – CNN.com Blogs. This popped on on my twitter feed this morning. It was a good mood changer on what had started out as a gloomy, discouraging day. Rob has a classical understanding of suffering, not the “God won’t let you suffer […]
Posted in American Culture, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Postmodern Perspectives, Wired Jesus Podcast on Feb 2nd, 2011
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 […]
Posted in The Organized Church, Weirdness, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Jan 31st, 2011
WLOS ABC 13 News :: Top Stories – Mountain Church Brawl. There is no church fight quite like a church fight over a polarizing pastor.
Posted in American Culture, Drink, Eat, The Organized Church, Worship on Jan 9th, 2011
Ad playing Doritos for Eucharist yanked from Super Bowl contest – Faith & Reason. Gee, who could possibly be offended by a commercial where a priest uses pepsi and doritos in communion to get more people into church, thereby raising more money to pay church bills? I believe God has a sense of humor, even […]
Posted in American Culture, Postmodern Perspectives, Technical Issues, The Organized Church, Video, Wired Jesus Podcast on Jan 1st, 2011
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 […]
Posted in American Culture, Death and Dying, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Dec 31st, 2010
Just in time to end the year, a new podcast. Its a little different from some podcasts in that it has less to do with any specific site on the web and more to do with what I see as the transitions going on in the world, generations, and in the church. As I say […]
Posted in Jesus the Christ, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, Video on Dec 22nd, 2010
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 […]
Posted in American Culture, Pastor Stuff, The Organized Church, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Nov 12th, 2010
Some are finding this shocking, anyone familiar with Church History is not surprised. Leadership and faith do not necessarily go hand and hand. In fact, most pastors, because of their education and experience are at a vastly different place when it comes to faith, the Bible, and God than most people in the pews, who […]