Friendly Reminder: Your Smart Phone is a Voice Recorder
Wish you could capture something like an idea or a conversation with someone interesting? Don’t forget that your phone is not just a camera but a voice recorder too.
Concert Hall versus Music School
“What [people] need is a church to be less like a concert hall and more like a community music school. A concert hall, you come for great performances, and we’re great at that in the church- we preach, we do great music, we do it all. And our people are ‘audience’ all too often. Music schools also have great performances, but that’s not why you choose them. You choose them because you want to learn how to play.” – David Lose, on the Pulpit Fiction Podcast
Hard is Ok
“If writing seems hard, it’s because it is hard.” – William Zinsser.
The Robot Will Pray For You Now
Rich Birch at UnSeminary put forth a thought experiment concerning the use of artificial intelligence in pastoral care and discipleship. It left me with a nagging question: what about the incarnation?
What Happened on Mad Men
An entire episode of Mad Men can go by and nothing much happens, but it doesn’t mean you weren’t taken on a journey. There are multiple variables we should consider when planning a sermon.
Again? How Do We Handle a Second Earthquake in Nepal?
After a second devastating earthquake in Nepal, what kinds of questions do we need to be asking and addressing at this weekend’s services?