Category: culture
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flickering pixels
There probably aren’t a lot of folks who begin their careers creating ads for Porsche before pastoring a Mennonite church. This is Shane Hipps’ story in a nutshell and it allows the author of Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith a perspective on the affects of technologies many of us are unaware of. In…
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the divine commodity
The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity gives language to the sinking feeling many ministry folks have as we realize how enmeshed our churches have become with consumer culture. Skye Jethani, a friend and managing editor of Leadership Journal, provides the right balance of cultural analysis, clear insight, and gentle direction to show…
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happy saturday: best super bowl commercials
One of the (hopefully) obvious goals of this blog is to notice signs of life. It is easier for me to find these things in some areas of life and culture than others. Advertising and marketing is one of the difficult places, but every once in a while an advertisement captures my attention. During the…
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is this normal?
Update (1/6): Lauren (on Facebook) pointed out that this may simply be a new version of this video. Last night Maggie and I attended a dinner party at the home of some new friends from New Com. After an amazing prime rib dinner, the host’s husband and I headed spent some time playing his new…
David W. Swanson 