The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Aug 30th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
I recently checked to see if my current dell laptop was on the battery recall list and was relieved that it wasn’t. Not that I don’t want to throw its underpowered, video challenged shell against the wall. My next upgrade at church can’t come soon enough.
When my brother sent me this youtube link, I did feel better.
Aug 30th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
Living next door to Wheaton, IL, the “official” town with the most churches per capita in the US, this little story caught me by surprise.
“They are not the words one expects to hear from a politician or a Southerner, and Leonard Scarcella is both: “Our city has an excessive number of churches.”
Scarcella is mayor of this Houston-area community, which has 51 churches and other religious institutions packed into its 7 square miles. With some 300 undeveloped, potentially revenue-producing acres left in Stafford, officials are scrambling to find a legal way to keep more tax-exempt churches from building here.”
Can’t say I know what to do with this, other than it fascinates me. On one hand, predictions are that up to 50% of Christian churches will close in the next 20 years and then you have this. I’m not it says much for our effectiveness as missionaries as it does as building contractors.
You can find the full story here.
Aug 30th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
When I was down in San Antonio for our tribe’s national youth gathering, there were several times, like during the Newsboys concert, where everyone got out their cell phones there in the dark. Very cool with 25,000 teens in the Alamodome.
Too bad we didn’t all have iscorch.
Too bad I don’t have a video ipod.
You can find the free download for iscorch here. Let me know how it works.
Aug 25th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
Its been a long time coming, almost two months but here’s a new Wired Jesus. It goes into where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to since this move as well as some personal insights into over-commitment. Sometimes we (meaning I 🙂 ) forget that rest is an important part of life and staying healthy. Here’s to making the time again for Wired Jesus!
Oh, yes, the clips – excerpts from Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues and from the opening speech from the movie Patton. I know, you’ll have to listen to figure out how they could possible go together.
Links:
Pope Benedict Story on Rest
Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2006
Andy Stanley and Northpoint Community Church, Atlanta
Ron Martoia at Velocity Culture
John O’Keefe and Ginkworld
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Aug 7th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
You know, this moving business is for the birds and you think I would have it down by now. But such are the demands and realities.
I plan on getting a couple of posts up to let everyone know what I have been up to and get a podcast together too.
thanks for still checking.
Jun 27th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
Here we go, reflections on the theological/geographical reality of living betwixt (I’ve always wanted to use that word) The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College and the megachurch Willow Creek. Live from the banks of the Mississippi where I am away at camp, Wired Jesus is back.
Links Mentioned in the Podcast:
Questions of Faith and Doubt
The Edge of Faith
Debate God
Paradoxology
The Unnecessary Pastor
Voxtree Podcast
A Different Perspective
The Society of Mutual Autopsy
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Jun 17th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
Found this entry on the Get Religion blog while surfing and found it quite interesting. As a long time marvel comics fan and collector (Thor; Dr. Strange; old Jack Kirby classics like The Eternals), one appeal to me has always been the mythic element, the creation of icons who embody our greatest hopes and worst fears. Good discussion. I was just disappointed that at Adherents.com there really weren’t any Lutheran superheros… Saint/Sinner Man? Lutefisk Lady? Catechism Boy?
Its just crazy when people don’t understand the power of myth and literally turn Jesus in a comic book character. some folks just don’t get anything past third grade literalism and their own paranoia.
Jun 17th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
Well, our week at Disney is done and as of yesterday, all our worldly possessions were unloaded off an Allied Van Line truck into our digs. Boxes are everywhere, the boys are grumpy because of the friends they have had to leave behind, and its time to start carving out a normal rhythm of life again in a new place.
Watch for a podcast this week.
Jun 4th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
In trying to get a podcast out in the middle of the move and with all the new visitors coming via The Lutheran, there’s just not enough time to get it all done. So here is a “best of” episode from September 25, 2005 – The Burning Man Project.
The Burning Man Community may be one of the best examples of what postmodern community looks like and the ways in which the spiritual journey is being lived out in the broadest sense. My voice is a little rough from a cold I had at the time but hope you enjoy the podcast as much as others have.
Links
The Burning Man Web Page
Burning Man Artists and Art Community
Out To Change the World: Burning Man at 20 at the San Francisco Chronicle
Burning Spirit by Elliott Marshall on BeliefNet
A Pastor On the Playa
The Sounds of Burning Man – The sound clips on this podcast are from this site, actual audio from Burning Man.
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May 27th, 2006 by Tom Lyberg
If you have found this podcast through reading The Lutheran magazine – welcome to Wired Jesus and the wonderful world of podcasting. Have fun looking around here and checking out some of the my previous podcasts. I started Wired Jesus over a year ago and have about 1000 subscribers from all kinds of backrounds and from around the world. Some Christians, some not, some postmoderns, some not. However, Wired Jesus is a space to explore issues in the wired world that touch on the spiritual journey of postmoderns. What I do is not a sermon but reflections that hopefully lead into a dialogue, a virtual community where no issue of life and faith is off limits.
I have a special podcast greeting for you that you can download by clicking here. Your computer should do the rest and you can listen to it once the download is complete.
I’ve also included links to a “best of” list if you will, of podcasts that have been particular favorites of listeners over the past year. Enjoy listening, post comments, and welcome to walking with Wired Jesus.
Read my article – Our Reformation Moment in The Lutheran.
Download the promo by clicking here.
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