this is a good little video interview between rob bell & shane hipps (tip terrace) where shane flips on you what might be your preconceived notions on how technology is shaping you & culture.
Rob Bell Interviews Shane Hipps About Technology.
Culture
earth hour to earth day : tending to mother
my buddy sam davidson @ cool people care has layed down the challenge of taking on green habit from earth hour to the end of earth day. you can sign up for a special email to keep you going for the 21 days.
spirituality & social media : my podcamp nashville video
john w ellis, who has become one of our buddies in the nashville tech circle video taped my talk from podcamp nashville on saturday.
PodCamp Nashville: Spirituality & Social Media by Gavin Richardson from John Ellis on Vimeo
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podcamp nashville : the internet is our parish
hey nashville friends, podcamp is just around the corner (ie. saturday). i'm doing my first ever speaking gig at this podcamp. erin & i have been faithful attenders and participants of the barcamps & geekbreakfasts here in nashville. love the tech community here.
my session is on spirituality in the social media spectrum. what will bascially be bringing up is some significant pieces of how faith is acted out with some reflections as to why i feel they are remarkable.
i'll be putting in some church suggestions in there as well, but that stuff isn't as much fun as telling stories.
i showed erin my presentation and walked her through my unwritten script. she really liked it. since she's my barometer i'm feeling pretty good.
not in nashville & want to get plugged in? if i can get some reasonable way to put together a ustream, you can find me at my ustream channel (which i rarely use). you can follow along all the podcamp nashville fun on twitter by following #pcn09.
where is our hope : dealing with the downturn
this comes from a pastor friend ryan bennett, who posted this on his facebook. thought it was worthwhile sharing today.
Well, the news is out today. The economy is bad – real bad. Recession
is giving way to talk of Depression. The stock market is at its lowest
point in over a decade, taking with it the retirement accounts of many
of our elderly. Things are bad.
is giving way to talk of Depression. The stock market is at its lowest
point in over a decade, taking with it the retirement accounts of many
of our elderly. Things are bad.
So, with things this bad, where are people turning? In Tennessee, the
answer was obvious this morning with the news that February was the
biggest month EVER for the Tennessee lottery. $208 MILLION dollars were
spent on lottery tickets in the month of February alone.
This is a damning statement about the hopelessness and irrationality
that is so pervasive in our culture now. It is also a damning statement
about where people are not turning – the church. Why would people
seeking hope not turn to the church? I guess the answer is that hope is
not what we are offering.
The daily news is offering gloom and doom. Shouldn't the church be more
bold in its offering of Good News? Not good news on the economy but
true Good News from the Hope of the World, Jesus Christ!
I think that the world has largely written off the church. "They don't
care about my needs. They are too concerned with fighting and bickering
amongst themselves about polity and doctrine."
If we can't offer Good News then who can? I believe this is an
opportunity for the church, but we must first relearn the unique
message God has given us then we must engage the world in which we live
in a real way. It will get messy, no doubt. But I don't think there is
anything else we can do and be faithful.
Lord, let the church offer more hope to a hurting people than the lottery.
Ryan
i don't know what more commentary i can put on this, but say "yup." we should be doing better. where do we start?