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, 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 Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff on Jan 4th, 2011
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 […]
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 Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff on Dec 1st, 2010
Collide Magazine | The iPad is Here, and It’s Coming to Your Church. Okay, I love the tech but there are indications that the iPad may become one of the biggest game changers/ministry tools since the yellow pad and the truly portable notebook. I have friends who now swear by their iPad and only use […]
Posted in Pastor Stuff, The Organized Church on Nov 30th, 2010
Top Ten Things That Will Make You Crazy Working at a Church » MondayMorningInsight.com. In light of the atheist pastor story and my impending podcast (I know, I keep threatening), comes this brilliant insight that any pastor will give a rousing Amen, a few laughs, and one or two “why the heck am I putting […]
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 […]
Posted in Cool Congregations, Lutherans, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Sep 24th, 2010
Well, I finally sat down and got a podcast out. Its my reflections on how Christians have this tendency to separate people out as the right sort and wrong sort, saints and sinners, saved and fallen, and then keep to themselves. Its this strange twist that forgets that Jesus hung around the social outcasts, not […]