Technology
Why do we allow ourselves to be duped?
Why have we allowed ourselves
to be duped?
Why is it that so many of us have bought into this technological revolution? We have to recognize the big “bluff” of the encompassing technological milieu—that we are misled by its bold (and often false) promises, which disguise the negative aspects of whatever is being endorsed. Do we see how the advertising world bluffs us into thinking that more technology or more implementation of the wired world’s possibilities is the only solution to world problems in economics and politics; to such church problems as the decline in worship attendance, the reduction of membership numbers, or the lack of interest in “church”; and to personal or family problems?
— Marva Dawn, Unfettered Hope
Has Our Lust for Gadgets Gone Too Far?
If you know me, you know I love technology. And I also love the study of how technology affects people of faith. I’ve written about a few times here on this blog. I love gadgets and I love reading about the companies that make them. Recent events in China have me wondering if our (especially mine) has gone too far.
BitBits – 5/14/2010 – Stop buying Osteens books, eat a fortune cookie instead!
Laura Bush on gay marriage. Facebook can’t answer your prayers. The wrong question to ask. Pornography gets emotional.
Facebook, Privacy, and Your Church Facebook Page
Since about December of last year Facebook has been aggressively adding new features. Nothing unusual, right? Except for one thing; by default they started making data that you had previously considered private, public and able to be indexed by Google, Bing and Yahoo!.
The Virtual Preacher – Part 2
Check out part 1 of this series first.
And this brings me to the point of this article. The virtual preacher has become the defacto standard for church growth problems. Whenever a church gets too big, the assumption is that the church should go multi-site (as opposed to just planting a new church) with the pastors sermon piped in through a live video feed.
Pastor to Microsoft, “Your stock tumbled because you support gays”
WOW. When I read this I could not believe it. Pastor Ken Hutcherson, who I assume is a Microsoft shareholder, spoke at the shareholders meeting yesterday in Redmond had some pretty insightful things to say to Steve Ballmer.