The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in Funny, The Organized Church, Video on Feb 3rd, 2009
I have not laughed so hard in months! Michael McKeaver is a Bible professor at a college in Chicago and put this video together on the perils of Biblical interpretation. He has done three other videos as well that are now out on YouTube. Let’s get this out virally because it is too good to […]
Posted in American Culture, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Jan 31st, 2009
After a week of rest and coaching down in Florida, here’s a brand new podcast for the new year. Every notice the culture shift that takes place when you walk into Disney. There’s an attitude that everyone shares that helps make it “the happiest place on earth.” Now consider the culture shift that takes place […]
Posted in American Culture, The Organized Church on Jul 2nd, 2008
There is was this morning, Starbucks is closing 600 stores due to the economy and overexpansion. I almost felt like a prophet when I read this in a Bloomberg story this morning. Most of the 600 stores set to close were opened in late 2005 and 2006, Bocian said on the call with investors and […]
Posted in American Culture, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Jun 26th, 2008
Here’s the long awaited #43. I apologize for the sound quality – I had the air conditioner running and it was louder than what I realized. Recently I have been pondering the rise and decling of Starbucks and their efforts to reconnect with their core values. What I see happening is their origins of offering […]
Posted in Pastor Stuff, The Organized Church on Mar 26th, 2008
My good friend and pastor, John Armstrong is launching a new book with his writing partner, Fr. Thomas A. Baima, this Sunday and I wanted to let everyone in the Chicago area to come join the discussion. If you have ever wondered what the differences and similarities are between the major Christian tribes regarding Communion, […]
Posted in The Organized Church on Jan 3rd, 2008
Since I am now looking for a new call (that is a new congregation to pastor), I’ve been looking around the country to see what other places might be open to an emergent guy like me. I always thought Austin, TX might be cool. After all, a city who’s unofficial motto is “keep Austin weird” […]
Posted in Its All About Me!, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Dec 29th, 2007
Here is the much awaited, end of the year, what’s been happening podcast. I wanted to get one more in before 2008 rolled around. Here’s a farewell to 2007 and a better 2008. Click here to download podcast Pastor Links Surviving Hell – A great set of cds on how to survive stress and conflict […]
Posted in American Culture, The Organized Church on Oct 26th, 2007
I was sent this link from Leadership Journal about how Willow Creek did a self study on the effectiveness of their programs in building up spiritually mature people. The shocking result? Programs for every type of interest didn’t do much in growing people more like Jesus or buying into WWJD. The money built a special […]
Posted in The Organized Church on Aug 28th, 2007
Here are the rest of the videos in the series I wrote about last week. Several of you were interested.
Posted in The Organized Church on Aug 9th, 2007
Okay, so Lutherans are associated more with Lake Woebegon than with anything cutting edge. However, since I mentioned it in the podcast, you can catch what is going on at our tribal meeting via streaming video. Click this link and you can watch what a mainline denomination’s national gathering looks like. It is interesting. Really. […]