The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in Blogs, Leadership Resources on May 9th, 2011
7 Leadership Lessons From Phil Jackson’s Coaching Career | Big Is The New Small. Scot Williams is one of the best church leadership bloggers out there and in light of the Lakers meltdown, this is a good post. Phil Jackson’s coaching success is not an accident and there are lessons for church leaders to be […]
Posted in Blogs, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Postmodern Perspectives, Weirdness on Mar 1st, 2011
It Was Only a Matter of Time: Rob Bell Pisses Off the Fundamentalists » Scott Seeke Script and Scripture from The River Church. I finished a podcast transcript over the weekend that I entitled Rob Bell – The Whipping Boy for God’s Grace. I hope to have it recorded and posted by Friday but it […]
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 Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff on Jan 4th, 2011
Church Trends with Sam Chand | TonyMorganLive.com. Tony Morgan has become one of my go to resources on understanding the church today, particularly for those of us leading/developing multi-staff settings. This interview and identification of the major church trends in 2011 is spot on and we, as church leaders, ignore it as our peril. Its […]
Posted in American Culture, Postmodern Perspectives, Technical Issues, The Organized Church, Video, Wired Jesus Podcast on Jan 1st, 2011
Thanks to Bob Cannon for letting me know about the sound problem. I borrowed my oldest son’s gaming headset since my headset mike is busted and the sound was very different than what I usually set up for. So I didn’t check closely enough on the sound levels and the background music became too loud […]
Posted in American Culture, Death and Dying, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Dec 31st, 2010
Just in time to end the year, a new podcast. Its a little different from some podcasts in that it has less to do with any specific site on the web and more to do with what I see as the transitions going on in the world, generations, and in the church. As I say […]
Posted in Pastor Stuff, The Organized Church on Nov 30th, 2010
Top Ten Things That Will Make You Crazy Working at a Church » MondayMorningInsight.com. In light of the atheist pastor story and my impending podcast (I know, I keep threatening), comes this brilliant insight that any pastor will give a rousing Amen, a few laughs, and one or two “why the heck am I putting […]
Posted in American Culture, Pastor Stuff, The Organized Church, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Nov 12th, 2010
Some are finding this shocking, anyone familiar with Church History is not surprised. Leadership and faith do not necessarily go hand and hand. In fact, most pastors, because of their education and experience are at a vastly different place when it comes to faith, the Bible, and God than most people in the pews, who […]