The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in Blogs, Leadership Resources, Postmodern Perspectives, Wandering on Oct 23rd, 2012
Scott Neal’s Blog: Welcome to FPC! Smoking or Non-Smoking?. Reggie McNeal is one of the most creative thinkers and reporters of creative mission in the church today. One idea that we are looking at is here recounted in Scott’s Blog – Cigar Bar Church. I put it out there as an idea and have several […]
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 American Culture, Christian Denominations, Death and Dying, Face Palm - When Failure Happens, Non-Denominational, Pastor Stuff, Suffering - When Bad Things Happen to Anyone, The Organized Church on Mar 9th, 2012
Banks foreclosing on churches in record numbers | Reuters. Its been interesting to hear in my tribal circles that giving to congregations and the denomination has gone down ever since we allowed the option for congregations to call gay and lesbian pastors in partnerships. Considering that only 500-600 congregations left out of 11,000, it doesn’t […]
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, Christian Denominations, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Sep 30th, 2011
After an unintentional summer hiatus, I’m back with a new postcast to start the fall. After a series of friends finding themselves in crisis in their local congregations and some of the shifts that are taking place nationally, here’s a reflection on the future of pastors, congregations, and the how the mainline church is having […]
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 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?
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 […]
Posted in American Culture, Postmodern Perspectives on May 3rd, 2010
Something interesting happened Sunday in worship. I was down in Florida and hearing my dad preach for the first time in years. He had a great point in his sermon that gave me an idea, so I pulled out my blackberry, clicked on notes, and typed in the idea. It wasn’t long before I realized […]