The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Suffering - When Bad Things Happen to Anyone on Dec 18th, 2012
This is my first podcast in six months and the first since repairing the damage done by the hack attack in October. My plan still is a reworking of the blog and podcast feed at the end of the month but the events of last Friday have had me thinking, much like the rest of […]
Posted in American Culture, Christian Denominations, Death and Dying, Face Palm - When Failure Happens, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church on Nov 17th, 2011
Bidding intensifies for Calif. megachurch – Yahoo! News. The story continues. Mismanagement, not cultivating outreach to younger generations, and cult of personality. For me, not only is it evidence of the death of the megachurch as boomer phenom, but also points to the decline of mainline denominations. We grew with the boomer wave and catering […]
Posted in American Culture, Face Palm - When Failure Happens, Postmodern Perspectives, Social Networking on Nov 8th, 2011
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.
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, Prayer, Wandering on Jan 13th, 2011
Arizona Shooting Massacre Brings Need for Healing, Lesson in Forgiveness – FoxNews.com. I’m posting this with a quick note right now to remind myself to say more later. This whole mess and the civility debate just strikes me as weird, insensitive, and manipulative. This story is one of the few stories that takes the faith […]
Posted in American Culture, Wandering, Web Pages To Check Out, Wired Jesus Podcast on Jan 22nd, 2010
Once again tragedy strikes, the question is asked “Why?”, and people start saying stupid things to find some cause or person to blame. It tends to follow the same pattern as it has for eons: something hugely bad has happened, so God must known; God must have allowed or inflicted it for some reason; the […]