Our sorry excuse for a podcast was deemed worthy of a mention by the guys at at Church Marketing Sucks. I’m sure it helped that we mentioned them in the podcast. Hey, we’ll take whatever press we can get. A wee bit of discussion is happening in the comments section there. Check it out. Play […]
Gen Y Slideshow
Gavoweb posted a great slideshow about Generation Y. One of the most interesting parts of the show is slide 11, which claims that the “rite of passage” for Gen Y is twofold: 9/11 and the economic meltdown (Just as the boomer rite of passage was Vietnam and the civil rights movement). It appears that “rite […]
Podcast Episode 0.1: Church Marketing Part 2
The next episode of our podcast is now available. In this episode: Branding your youth group A plug for Soul Searching by Christian Smith Brit denies the virgin birth Christian consulting Church communication, part 1 20 minutes, 22 MB. Coming in the next episode: church bulletins (among other things).
Marketing as an Anti-Missional Practice
In the podcast that debuted in spectacular fashion on Saturday I made the assertion that church marketing is by nature an anti-missional practice. Mission sends people out. Marketing seeks to bring people in. The two are at odds with one another. Makes sense, doesn’t it? So, if you want to be a missional church, cut […]
Podcast Episode 0: Church Marketing
My friend Brit and I decided we wanted to take a shot at podcasting. So, we did. We’ve got a multi-part series on church marketing, and this is the first episode. We’ve got some ideas for the future, but right now we’re just trying this whole thing out. Check it out below (20 minutes, 22 […]
Why Politics is More Exciting than Christianity
Watching people’s passionate involvement in the intense politics of the past month or so has been an interesting phenomenon. We literally had millions of people working in one way or another to get their candidates elected, and last night we watched as euphoria erupted over an election of historic proportions. It left me wondering: Why […]
How Christians Can Avoid a Tax Increase Under Obama
To the 74% of white evangelicals (and other Christians) who voted for John McCain and are worried that Obama will raise your taxes: If his tax plan goes as he plans, only families making $250,000 or more will have an increase in taxes. If that doesn’t sit well with you, you have an alternative. Give […]
A Theology of Geography: Locality and Proximity
I’m up at Luther Seminary this week for an intensive course on Singleness, Marriage, and Family. As tends to happen, I am viewing much of this course content through the lens of ecclesiology and thinking of the implications of our discussions upon the life of the church. On Monday (I think it was Monday–things run […]
These are Historic Times
Last night I watched Sunday’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos in amazement as I saw republicans, democrats, former Treasury Secretaries, stock traders, and political commentators all agree that government ownership of financial institutions was the only option to get us out of the current financial crisis. This would usually go against conservative principle, but they […]
Is the Financial Crisis the Church’s Fault?
Tony Jones makes the comment that without a wide swath of our culture subscribing to Calvinism and the “protestant work ethic” free market economies are a thing of the past. Are free markets incompatible with secularism? Is the only hope for the free markets a Third Great Awakening? Or maybe the first Global Great Awakening? […]
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