MethoBlogroll Mirror Test : church/religion

return to church : a few chuckles at ourselves

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:50:47 GMT

i had some great giggles today watching these videos on 'return to church' (tip from ian at youthblog). it had me thinking of some of the tricks that we are used to get people 'in the door' and that when......(read more)

kleenex & tissues : talking about the holy spirit

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:20:08 GMT

kleenex & tissues and the Holy Spirit from Gavin Richardson on Vimeo. last week i went to hang with my friends at the nashville cohort. we had our annual, 'what are you thinking about' session. one of the questions had......(read more)

chris brogan on evangelism : being there before the sale

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:32:00 GMT

chris brogan : be there before the sale : relationship in marketing & evangelism from Gavin Richardson on Vimeo. so i took in that live web event last week with chris brogan and i've been pondering on some of what......(read more)

church in second life : religion and ethics expose

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:01:49 GMT

stumbled across this story covering the various church & spiritual experiences found in secondlife. i've chronicled here many times my happenings in secondlife. its been a few months since i 'hung out' there so it was like seeing an old...(read more)

theology of twitter : spirituality and social media

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:39:45 GMT

emergent conversant, fellow social media friend, steve knight put together this presentation on a theology of twitter. it has some great content. maybe the greatest content is him quoting me from my spirituality and social media series i did with......(read more)

crummy church signs : thou shalt remember the sabbath.. or try

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:22:33 GMT

i've chronicled this church before and their interesting church sign sayings. this one popped up yesterday and all I could think about was "what about the sabbath?" suppose that is lazy even though god mandates that....(read more)

youth ministry's future : glimpse of youth ministry in the year 2400

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:26:55 GMT

so i don't usually write fiction, let alone, sci-fi type fiction, but when ken asked if i would contribute to the upcoming issue of the reporter (which is focusing on youth culture & youth ministry issues) i felt honored to......(read more)

radical discipleship : shane claiborne at duke chapel

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:12:01 GMT

one of my youth sent me this.. its really great when your teens send you stuff....(read more)

methodist amendment mashup : its what you get for going on youtube maxie

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:17:37 GMT

a lot has been said over the latest rage in methodism, taking your political viewpoints to youtube. one thing maxie dunham, who seems to have started this should have done his homework on is the concept of mashup's. cause buddy,......(read more)

instruction manual of life : so many ways

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:46:18 GMT

saw this via don heatley's facebook page. i find this compelling and certainly worth my 8 minutes of time to ponder. it is obviously directed at christianity, the church, and the bible the problem with challenging one's cupboard is that......(read more)

where faith is going wrong in social media : life without pants & a little bit of south park

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:56:40 GMT

the last of my four installments guest posting at matt cheuvront's "life without pants" blog on spirituality & social media is out for the world to see titled "where faith gets it wrong." i bring back some thoughts you've...(read more)

blogging towards enlightenment : discovering your virtual self

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:55:18 GMT

i've been doing some guest postings over at matt cheuvront's 'life without pants' blog talking up spirituality and social media. last week we talked about enlightenment & blogging today we are talking about discovering your virtual...(read more)

spirituality & social media : perfect together

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:06:13 GMT

when i grew up in new jersey i remember these ad's saying something like 'new jersey & you, perfect together'.. well, matt cheuvront at 'life without pants' has posted the first in my guest series on spirituality and social media...(read more)

marshall mcluhan on church safety : life without pants guest post

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:58:00 GMT

for the next few weeks i will be guest posting over at matt cheuvrot's blog 'life without pants' covering thoughts on spirituality & social media. some thoughts (listen for the return to tribal culture mention) i ponder in my first......(read more)

religious spiritual christ-follower emerging emergent missional : other defining typos

Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:00:33 GMT

i just love religious satire. its so telling & holds up a mirror showing us how we really are. i pulled this gem out for a twitter conversation, but it reminds me of some of the whole definition/tags that people......(read more)