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Blogger Predicts Revival via Web - LeadershipJournal.net
Posted by Mike Boyink
Many Christian bloggers are tired of prepackaged sermon series and discussing best-selling books in our small groups. We blog because we can create spiritual information as well or better than our pastors—especially when we blog as part of a network.
One could view this as rebellion. We are taking control of our spiritual formation and creating networks outside traditional structures. That’s why this revival remains largely unnoticed by pastors.
Christianity Today interviews Tim Bednar of e-church.com, and author of We Know More Than Our Pastors: Why Bloggers Are the Vanguard of the Participatory Church.
Tonight’s Book Club Meeting
Posted by Crissa Boyink
If you missed tonight’s meeting at B&N, you missed a great discussion! (It went something like: “Huh! No one’s here.” “Did we miss an email?")
Anyhoo, if there are no objections, I’ve got a book to suggest for our next read. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. Amazon Listing
Church Marketing Sucks: The Brand of Christianity
Posted by Mike Boyink
We’ve got to frustrate people and say the brand identity of Christianity that you are presenting is a terrible portrayal of who Jesus is and what Jesus is about. So that will cause some frustration. That will then require education and some motivation. Those are three good words from your web site—frustration, education and motivation. Full Post >>
Does the Gospel need branding? Do churches need branding? On the one hand, if you’re looking for a church home, being able to quickly tell from a given church’s “brand” if you’d be comfortable there would be nice. Especially in a place like Holland, where the “church-search” could take years if you were thorough.
On the other hand, I fear that getting caught up in branding a specific church begins to create a seperation between it and the big “C” church—since branding always involves calling out a differentiation from others providing roughly the same good or service. How many times have we heard church members rallied or encouraged using the church name rather than as “Christians”?
When I put together this site, my inclination was to do a very generic site, because I wanted the words, the thoughts, the message to be the focus—not the pretty graphics, font faces, or color schemes. Maybe we need to “unbrand” ourselves, so that others see the Jesus in us instead.
Dave Miller at September Woods Friday November 5
Posted by Ed and Lois
Local artist Dave Miller performing. (In public)
Dave will be appearing (with band) Friday November 5 at Sept. Woods. He’ll be playing between 7:00-9:00 PM. I’m sure he’ll be taking requests so lets think obscure. Example: “The Theme From Bonanza”. Give this some thought as I’m sure Dave will be glad oblige. How about some Elvis? Madonna? Ernest Tubbs?
The Curse Is Over Finally by Mike Dodd (USA Today)
Posted by Ed and Lois
The Red Sox win the World Series. The baseball season is over. (For everyone who watched The West Wing)
ST. LOUIS — The Boston Red Sox, the symbol of heartbreak and human foible to sports fans for nearly a century, are world champions. No more curses. No more moral victories. No more next year.
The Red Sox completed an unprecedented 11-day turnaround Wednesday night when they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 to win their first World Series since 1918. (Related item: Game report)
The victory was as stunning as their inexplicable failures over the last 86 years — coming back from a three-games-to-none deficit against the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series and sweeping the National League champion Cardinals, who won 105 games in the regular season.