Category: The Church
Young People and Social Media
Hat tip to Walt Mueller at the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding for posting this. Originally, it comes from http://www.rightmixmarketing.com:
“Pastrix”
I will select very carefully who I recommend reads this book. I’ll do so for two reasons: The language Nadia uses in her book is going to cause problems for some people. She is raw, she is honest, she is herself. And she can express herself with colorful metaphors better than any other pastor I’ve met. For those who ...
Waiting…
As I write this, we are waiting for word on the condition of my Father-in-law. This morning, he suffered a second, significant stroke, the first having come in May. My wife is with him and her Mom and brothers and sisters at Mayo Clinic. The doctors have said that for the next 24-48 hours, we ...
Why We Should Care About What’s Going On in Pittsburgh This Week
“Hi, my name is Todd, and I’m a church nerd.” “Hi Todd.” I admit it – full disclosure – I would be paying attention to what’s going on at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly anyway. I would be. These kinds of things fascinate me. How organizations function together and how decisions are made is at least ...
Detroit 2015: Everyone Please Take a Breath
It was with some dismay and a bit of disappointment that I’ve been reading the ongoing comments and conversation in blogs and on Facebook about the City of Detroit as the site of the 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering. I know that the news about the legal bankruptcy of the City of Detroit is very big ...
Nadia is Going on the Road!
At the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans last summer, something unusual happened. First, understand that the main stage program is always good. Speakers…music…video…production…it’s all done really really well. But in the years that I have been at the event, the ideas are what people walk away with. A year later, I’ll hear our young ...
Musicians & Artists & Speakers, oh my!
It’s a phone call that comes in fairly often: “We’re planning a big event for our (fill in the blank…congregation…synod…conference…etc…) and we’re looking for a speaker and a musician. We want a (fill in the blank: (soloist…band…loud…acoustic…etc…). Does the Network have a listing, or a directory, or a recommendation or anything that can help us?” ...
So What Would Google Do?
I am more and more convinced that for the church in all its expressions (congregational… synodical…denominational…) is going to grow into the next era, we are going to need to learn to think very differently. The days of working to protect the institution, and to contain decision making, leadership and power, are pretty much gone. ...
A Different Way to Live
God is up to something new within our community, within our church. The church talks a good game when it comes to community. We focus on “being” together in congregations. But the world is shifting. Our very understanding of what community is changing as a relationships in a digital age are stretching our understanding of ...
Safety Net
Years ago, I had our sr. high group out on the road on the North Carolina coast, where we were working with Habitat for Humanity. The trip was going really, really well. One of the work days was rainy, so the Habitat chapter asked us to go to a different work site, where we could ...
Network is a Verb 