The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, Video on Feb 18th, 2013
Transfiguration: My Ordination Anniversary | One Cannot Have Too Large a Party. This is a great reflection on the meaning of ordination that led me to a new BBC series – Rev. It hasn’t been aired here in the US but it can be viewed on hulu. I watched the episode referenced in this post, […]
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 Blogs, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Non-Denominational, Postmodern Perspectives, Web Pages To Check Out, Weirdness on Jul 8th, 2012
Rachel Held Evans | Christian bookstores and their chokehold on the industry. Once again, Rachel Held Evans hits the nail on the head, re-enforcing for me why I find Christian book stores to be as creepy as mimes, puppet shows, and Barney. Check out the entire post but here is the quote that resonates for […]
Posted in American Culture, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Lutherans, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church, Wandering, Wired Jesus Podcast on Jun 21st, 2012
One of the things I enjoy about a week at church camp is the chance to unwind and read. Yesterday I experienced the luxury of reading a book cover to cover – Evolving In Monkeytown by Rachel Held Evans. As a long time reader of her blog, I was a slacker in getting around to […]
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, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church on May 17th, 2012
Jonathan Martin: Pastor of Renovatus Church in Charlotte NC – On Mitt Romney, Liberty University and civil religion.. This rather insightful reflection on civil religion popped up on my Twitter feed. I have to admit, I really don’t use twitter like it was intended – for communication and bumper sticker wisdom. For me, its a […]
Posted in American Culture, Christian Denominations, Culture Wars, Face Palm - When Failure Happens, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church on May 14th, 2012
Rachel Held Evans | How to win a culture war and lose a generation. Once again my friend, Rachel Held Evans, nails it. I remember reading about “The Lost Generation” of the 1920s and we have created our own lost generation in the church in the name of pure doctrine and social justice. I think […]
Posted in American Culture, Bible, Christian Denominations, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church on Apr 4th, 2012
Andrew Sullivan: Christianity in Crisis – The Daily Beast. A lengthy but excellent observation of the state of North American Christianity. Despite the reach of American culture and megachurch outreach, the growth of Protestant churches in Africa and Roman Catholicism in South American is different from here. North American Christianity is at a point of […]
Posted in Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church, Worship on Feb 29th, 2012
Liturgy is the ‘what’ Be ready to adapt the ‘what’ for the ‘why’ of worship Here is a link to my latest article for The Lutheran magazine on alternative worship. While in most Christian tribes, band led, praise and worship style services are common and not controversial, many Lutherans are still very tied to their […]
Posted in American Culture, Christian Denominations, Cool Congregations, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Language and Lingo, Leadership Resources, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast, World Realities on Jan 13th, 2012
Finally, back in the groove and starting the year with a new podcast. It follows up on a post from last year about the Crystal Cathedral going bankrupt and being sold after being one of the Boomer flagships of the megachurch movement. Now its dead and people are fighting over the corpse. Its sad in […]