atechagoraphobia - the fear of being without technology

atechagoraphobia - the fear of being without technology
Six years ago I tried to get a word in the dictionary and I want to continue to use it, as I see it as more and more a part of our future. In an always-on culture with technology a part of our every moment the idea of atechagoraphobia (at one point I had termed it Technagoraphobia) is more evident....

5 Online Trends for the Future of Faith

5 Online Trends for the Future of Faith
Thank you for those who attended my Internet Strategy: What does the gospel have to do with Social Media? at CWC/09. In this session we discussed several of the trends that we need to think through with Christian distinction. I appreciated your participation, thanks Tim Challies, Cynthia Ware, Dave...

What is Gospel Intentionality within a Church Community?

What is Gospel Intentionality within a Church Community?
Today I received an email from a pastor on Gospel Intentionality. In this email he requested help for his church family to gain a better understanding of what gospel intentionality looks like. What exactly is gospel intentionality? Steve Timmis posted a series of Tweets on this: Living ordinary life...

Developing a Personal Social Media Strategy: Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter…who am I?

Developing a Personal Social Media Strategy:  Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter…who am I?
How many social networks and web 2.0 apps can a person use? What do you do with each of these? I read an article recently about a phenomenon where people who had 100’s of friends on Facebook were committing “Facebook Suicide“. Some ‘killed their virtual self’ because...

Accessible Missional Ecclesiology by Michael Goheen

Accessible Missional Ecclesiology by Michael Goheen
Michael Goheen did his dissertation on Newbigin’s Missional Ecclesiology and now he is writing this as a book that is accessible to those who are missional leaders in their community. David Fairchild and I are going with a group to Big Bear to discuss what he has put together so far and it’s...

Total Church Conference Audio

The Audio for The Total Church North America Conference 2008 have now been uploaded. Total church is a way of thinking about church and mission in the 21st century which sees the local Christian community as integral to Christian living and Christian mission. The Christian life is ‘total church’...

Stuff Christian Culture Likes

Check out Stuff Christian Culture Likes, with posts like: #42 Drama Teams #40 Frosted Tips #39 Side Hugs

Beyond Total Church (Total Church Session 3)

Total Church Conference Speaker: Tim Chester Session 3: Beyond Total Church QUOTES: Planting new churches isn’t enough, we need to create church planting movements. The model of mission is supernatural. Prayer is the primary missionary activity. The model of living is martyrdom. From incremental...

BlogWorld & GodblogCon

I’m heading to BlogWorld & the GodblogCon conference later this month. The conference will be dealing with Blogging and emerging internet media technologies. Anyone else planning on making this conference in Las Vegas?

A Gospel Centered Community (Total Church Session 2)

Total Church Conference Speaker: Steve Timmis Session 2: A Gospel Community Centered Total Church Session 2 QUOTES: When we use the word ‘church’ we are almost always miscommunicating both to the Christian and non-Christian. It seems we’ve lost the battle with this word. Why should...

Update on Total Church Session Recordings

Our team is working on the 12 videos (6 main sessions and 6 main breakouts) and 10 audio sessions (breakouts) from the Total Church Conference. In the next few days I should be posting the first two main sessions for people to enjoy.

The Hype of Social Networking and the Church

Lately I’m running across a number of companies that are building social networking sites targeted to the church market. A number that have set their sights at being the ‘church Facebook’. Yet, most of what is called ’social networking’ is meaningless. They often offer...

Total Church Schedule, Sessions & Breakouts

The conference is almost sold out. Here is the schedule for the Total Church Conference next month: Tuesday, August 12th Main Session #1: A Community-centered Gospel – Steve Timmis The gospel is about a King who died to rescue a people who would reveal his character by their shared lives. In keeping...

Shapevine Interview: Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & Renovo

One last reminder prior to tomorrow for you to join us on Shapevine June 24 at 4 PM EST (1pm PST) for an interview on Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & the Renovo Network.  There will be a time to ask questions and interact with David & I regarding what we've...

Renovo Network

Almost a year ago I posted an intro to the Renovo Network concept, entitled: Transforming Cities - The Church beyond the Spiritual Box.   Since this post we've incorporated the Renovo Group, the Tentmaker Group and Imagine City Group.  We continue to work on the the organization but...

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