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God, Rid me of God

September 29, 2011 6 Comments

After a week of playing Foursquare, I thought the group of middle and high school students I currently work with was ready for some….Jack Caputo and postmodern theology and philosophy? Sure, why not? These are smart kids.

I began by showing them some icons and talking about the importance of icons throughout church history. We then shared what some of our images of God were, and I passed out Play-Doh and encouraged the youth to spend some time (with Bon Iver playing in the background) molding their image of God with the Play-Doh. After everyone was done, we went around and shared our images; you can see some in the photo below.

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How Technology is Changing Our Faith & Worship

September 22, 2011 14 Comments

I’m leading a workshop next month at Union Presbyterian Seminary, and I thought in typical wiki-fashion, I’d get some of your thoughts. The title of the workshop is “How Technology is Changing our Faith & Worship: Whether you Know it or Not” and this is the description:

So many churches today are feeling the pressure to become “relevant” and “hip” and use as much technology as possible in the midst of worship. We will discuss reasons why you should and shouldn’t use new forms of media in your church’s worship. We’ll also look at the ways in which the technology of our times can actually not only change the practices of our churches, but our theology as well – and whether that’s a good thing or not. Finally, we’ll look at some examples of practical ways that you can faithfully use technology in your worship gatherings.

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Social Media Bootcamp in Phoenix

September 21, 2011 Leave a Comment

I posted a few months ago about becoming a Certified Social Phonics Coach. Well, I’ll be running my first Social Media Boot Camp on Saturday, November 5 in Phoenix, AZ.

Here are a few ways that you could really help me out by spreading the word:

  1. If you know someone in the greater Phoenix area, please share this post on their Facebook Wall, or email them about it, or even text or call them and let them know about this unique opportunity.
  2. Click the Facebook Share button below, and share this post on your Facebook Walls so that others might find out about it.
  3. Like or +1 this post, so that others might see it as well.

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So We’ve Decided On a Name…

September 19, 2011 2 Comments

It’s been decided. And it’s a good story.

A few weeks ago, Sarah and I talked about names…we had quite a few that we were tossing around. I don’t know exactly why, but I’ve been dragging my feet a bit about settling on a name…I did it with Micah and Judah as well, but love the names we chose for them. So, we took a walk and talked about some different options. There were probably about 8 first names we were talking about. A few days later, we tossed around a couple different middle names.

Early the next week, I wrote down a name and thought about it for awhile: Caleb Eli Walker Cleaveland (though I was also wondering about Caleb Elijah).

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