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The Church is your Crazy Uncle
I'm in the pacific northwest, the None Zone, and one of the sentiments that I run into from former Christians is "I just want to know more about Jesus and follow him but I don't want to be part of a church anymore that excludes gays, evolutionists, and women." It's the regional embodiment of the … [More]
Stop using Annual Conference 2013 Hashtags
I'm super-stoked to see the prevalence of Twitter amongst the different regions of the United Methodist Church. I'm not super-stoked to see short-sighted social media policies by those different regions. The short-sighted policy? Annual conferences are increasingly using dates in their … [More]
World War Z Chaplains – Last Rites with a Bullet
Thanks to a suggestion by a church member, I've been listening to the audiobook of World War Z, the 2006 novel by Max Brooks depicting the fictional aftermath of a worldwide struggle with zombies. It has a really creative format: each chapter is an interview with a survivor of the war told from … [More]
Resisting Dystopia: A Simple Multi-Site Proposal for the #UMC
Introduction It's all the rage to talk about a Dystopia these days: a future filled with despair and desperation, not hope and joy. From The Hunger Games to The Walking Dead to Revolution to World War Z, there's a ton of media offerings that depict a dark future where humanity has to learn to live … [More]
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Stop using Annual Conference 2013 Hashtags
I’m super-stoked to see the prevalence of Twitter amongst the different regions of the United Methodist Church. I’m not super-stoked to see short-sighted social media policies by those different regions. The short-sighted policy? Annual conferences are increasingly using dates in their hashtags. For example, let’s look at Twitter-savvy Ken Carter’s annual conference of Florida. In [...]
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World War Z Chaplains – Last Rites with a Bullet
Thanks to a suggestion by a church member, I’ve been listening to the audiobook of World War Z, the 2006 novel by Max Brooks depicting the fictional aftermath of a worldwide struggle with zombies. It has a really creative format: each chapter is an interview with a survivor of the war told from their perspective [...]
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