A couple of weeks ago I read a blog post over on ShellyPalmer.com entitled, “What if your dream job does’t exist anymore?” It was all about a several conversations that Shelly had with people trying to break into the news media business – looking for dream jobs that either no longer exist, or will soon…
Tag: Church
The Weakest Link
One of the great things about our region is that our regional pastor (rough translation, “A Bishop with severly limited powers, given that they herd cats for a living”) is big on spiritual development. When I moved to the area he was starting up a mentoring program, akin to a spiritual confessor, called “Pastor to…
I’m starting a cult
Folks, I’m tired of being part of a religion that has people always telling me what to do and who to be. I want more out of life than that. That why I’m starting a cult where I get to tell people what to do and what do be. No more dealing with pesky traditions,…
Why do we have “worship wars?”
At the moment I’m reading Her Heart Can See, a biography of Fanny Crosby. The book plods along a big, but in the middle there is a wondeful discussion on the musical transition that took place during the mid-1800’s in Americal. A movement began to improve congregational singing by moving away from traditional shape-note singing,…
Are Digital Sermons Necessary?
I’ve lately encountered a disturbing trend on a number of blogs regarding the use of a projection screen in worship (particularly for sermons). I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by this, given the “on/off” reactionary mentality of Protestantism, but at the same time it’s disconcerting. What I’m seeing is the mocking of using a presentation…
Digital World, Analog Pastors
Shelly Palmer, a media guru, has recently been advertising a one day seminar called “Get Digital” in an effort to help people make the transition into the digital marketplace. The idea is a good one. So good, as a matter of fact, that I made the regional pastor of ABCNJ aware of the offering. Now,…
