Password? Username? I don’t even know who I am anymore!
This seems oddly appropriate as the title for my inaugural post to the Faith and Technology blog! I’ve been having an ongoing conversation with someone who shall remain nameless, but lives in my home,...
View ArticleDoes social media help share or isolate the Gospel? Bridging the shibboleth gap.
I just read an article lamenting that Twittering the Gospel is possibly becoming a “shibboleth” exercise. In other words, the question was whether the way we who want to share the Gospel sometimes use...
View ArticleFaith in (New) Community
In the socially-networked world of the 21st century, ministry has taken on new meaning as new avenues of being in community have been developed. Virtual meeting places like Facebook and Twitter have...
View ArticleWhy I love my Android phone, and why I don’t
This past summer I finally caved and bought a smartphone. It seemed like everyone I knew had one and loved it, and I was still using a very simple ordinary cellphone with a tiny little screen. I had...
View ArticleMake Facebook Work For You
If your church has a Facebook page, the folks over at Church Marketing Sucks (one of my favorite sites to visit) have a great article about how to turn your church’s Facebook news feed into a...
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Experiencing faith and technology at its best and worst
This week I have had the privilege of experiencing the best and the worst that technology offers us in using it as a tool to bolster our faith-filled experiences. The best: in trying to do a new thing,...
View ArticleFacebook, Friends and Pastoral Change
It started pretty quickly. After my covenant meeting with my new church’s SPRC, by the time I arrived home I had a couple of friend requests, which I gladly accepted. It gave me pause though, as I...
View ArticleSchool may never be out again
Last year I completed a DMin in just about the only program I could manage, time-wise: it was predominantly an online curriculum. I met about a dozen new people online through both live chat programs...
View ArticleSocial Media. It’s All The Rage.
Just last week, Douglas and I had the opportunity to speak to some people in the New Bern District about Google Apps and Social Media. While Douglas killed the presentation on the Goog’s applications,...
View ArticleDoes Tech Affect Sermon Length?
The folks at the Faith and Leadership blog were wondering this. It seems that sermons are about the same length (or in some cases a bit longer) in 2006 than they were in 1998. That may be true, but...
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