Participatory Church as Cyberchurch?

From “We know more than our pastors“, by Tim Bednar: “After a year of blogging, I no longer seek to be “the” cyberchurch, as the name ”eChurch” implies, rather I participate with bloggers who collectively link the cyberchurch into existence. . . As believers use blogs for spiritual formation and organically form the cyberchurch, the…

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Writing for Google

Daring Fireball suggests being straightforward in your title tags, and upfront (first few sentences) in your emphasis – that way the Google God will sweep by you and bestow favour upon your article.

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Evildoers Smited in Cyberchurch

No more Ned Flanders preaching at the pulpit (which i actually thought was really funny), no more public outbursts of profanity (which i am not releasing on this site) and no more playing at the altar (like i was doing). The Church of Fools people have added some adjustments to their virtual sanctuary, making it…

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The Skinny on Cyberchurch 1.0

The Crypt downstairs was a good place to hang out after the service, and its still hard to get in because of the crowds. Was Church of Fools successful as a chat room ? ABSOLUTELY But they are framing it as a church which raises eyebrows and generates news stories. You have probably already read…

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Van Helsing and church

Beliefnet.com: Van Helsing’ takes the radical step of portraying the Roman church as a force for good. but some people r leaving statements to the contrary.

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Blogger new design

Blogger.com has launched a new design. Looks good. More templates and comments. Lets see how they do on customer service. Anyone aspiring to be a THEOBLOGIAN should start by reading Coop’s Blog Tool Roundup

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Going to Cyberchurch.

How historic! Opening day at UK’s first 3D Cyberchurch, which turned out to be a big success. Huge hats off to Church of Fools. I made a few screenshot QT movies: (Broadband) There is me on the stage (17mb) or me ascending the pulpit (13 MB), both of which will give u a good idea…

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One handed

Dont tell my Mother! this morning i had an accident with a falling mirror. luckily, i caught the mirror and it didnt break. Unluckily, it sliced thru a lot of muscle on my left hand and my wife rushed me off to the hospital. not too bad, mind you. only 5 stitches. and the x-ray…

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Reading with humility

“. . . we ought to read simple and devout books as willingly as learned and profound ones . . . If you would profit from it, therefore, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and never seek a reputation for being learned.” Thomas a Kempis at OurDailyBlog.com

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A New Week

this is the day that the LORD has made we will rejoice and blog in it. SHOUT to God and give him public acknowledgment publish good news yes, bloggers you with the voices online make his deeds known to the ends of the earth

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Iraq

Splattered over my Sunday paper today (web story here) are photos of naked Iragi prisoners of war, humiliated and tortured in the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, (is this the only place?), and the word “Shame” applied to Amercia and UK. I suppose i am new to this conversation – i didnt realize that there…

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Blog pile

I defined “blog pile” in the Urban Dictionary as . . . “. . . a large amount of comments all sent to a singular weblog posting within a short amount of time, thus creating a long, vertical scroll of comments.” You can vote on it here.

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VJ demo in london

Today at the London Virgin Megastore there are 4 VJ’s doing live demos (one of them is female – vj michela) with Arkaos software. So i plan to in with Samuel and hang with them. Arkaos was asking for VJ’s to do this about 2 months ago and i had thought about applying. I checked…

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Internet as Labyrinth

. . . the internet is a labyrinth waiting to be explored, added to and to have new navigational journeys charted within it. There is already an overwhelming amount of information online, and those who provide a service do so with a filter rather than a funnel. I have a feeling that what will distinguish…

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OurDailyBlog loops again

I decided to put “Imitation of Christ” by Thomas a’ Kempis on a loop. The first time round was good, but not too many people tracked with it. Even I didn’t have time to read it everyday. Those who did receive it in their news readers liked it and left some comments. I was going…

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Bloggers in Nashville

Bloggers who will be in Nashville for the Emergent Convention (May 19-22) are working on a date to meet each other over dinner or a coffee. If that is you, and you dont think you are on the list, then send me an email or leave a comment below. As for me and my presentations,…

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Hanging with Berner

Back from the monastery in Holland. We had a good time. We basically talked and talked the entire time. Berner Salcedo was there to help us add some strategy to our thoughts, and we are grateful to him. He lives in Miami but is a mentor to hundreds of young Latinos who are starting church…

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Bouncing emails

Hey – emails sent to me with attachments are often bouncing – this may be due to hotmail’s spam filter or virus protection. Let me know if this is the case and i will send you another email address.

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Dude, I’m in Holland

I’m in Der Haag, a city not far from Amsterdam, for some mission-geek meetings with DAWN Europe. I was here last year, to do a training for young Assembly of God church planters (you can read what i taught and about the mosiac we created) and i am even staying in the same place –…

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