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 […]
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Now don’t get me wrong. I love band led worship that can rock the house. I also have a very deep snarky streak that loves good satire. This clip is just brilliant and is in the style of DaVinci’s Notebook satire of boy bands, Title of the Song. Like anything, Emergent/Pomo/Alternative worship can become just […]
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Posted in American Culture, Funny, Weirdness on Dec 1st, 2011
27 worst nativity sets: the annual, growing list!. Words cannot describe the pictures in this collection, ranging from the silly to kinds sure to send biblical fundamentalists running to shower or cast out the spirit of blasphemy. Just goes to show that there is a line between trying to be relevant (the veggie tales nativity) […]
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Why Second Life failed: How the “milkshake test†helps predict which ultra-hyped technology will succeed and which won’t. – Slate Magazine. Apple Newton. Commodore Amiga. Leisure suits. And now Second life. How do we tell fads from social shifts? Good examination of this.
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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 […]
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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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