18.12.2010
I’m grateful to the folks at Disciples News Service for posting the following announcement earlier this week. I wanted to pass it along here to help give a better picture of what I’ll be doing in 2011: As today’s Disciples contend with shifts in the landscape of religious practice in America, particularly the rapid decline [...]
22.11.2010
I was sitting in the Charlotte airport a couple of months ago, getting ready to fly to a meeting with Church Extension in Indianapolis, when I decided to check my Twitter updates and see if I’d gotten recent @ replies. Sure enough, there was one — and it was even a #FollowFriday recommendation for me [...]
14.11.2010
I had the privilege of giving a short introduction for Chris Guillebeau when he came through North Carolina on his 50-state, 10-province self-organized “Unconventional Book Tour” of North America. (A short snippet of which is included in this great mini-documentary by Crystal Street.) I’ve known Chris since 2008, when I published an article he’d written, [...]
06.09.2010
One of the projects I’ve been involved with for the past several months is a conference taking place this week in Raleigh called Big Tent Christianity. Last month, I had the privilege of curating a synchroblog on the theme of “big tent Christianity” that generated more than 60 contributions. Yesterday, the Raleigh News Observer did [...]
31.05.2010
A few years ago, I heard that a guy named Tom Davis was going to be in Charlotte for some kind of celebrity sports event, a fundraiser for the organization he led called Children’s HopeChest. I knew we had a number of friends in common at the time (193 at the latest count, according to [...]
22.05.2010
My friend Tamara Park is a producer on a new show on Halogen called “Noble Exchange: Africa.” The concept of the show is “What the West can learn from Africa.” The show features interviews with African artists, businesspeople, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, writers, etc. — and the wisdom they have to share with the rest of the [...]
11.04.2010
Remember Apple vs. Microsoft? Yeah, me neither. I mean, personal computer wars are so 2002. The real competition has moved on—to Apple vs. Google (iPhone vs. Nexus One, iAds vs. Adwords, etc.), Apple vs. Adobe (HTML5 vs. Flash), Apple vs. Nintendo (gaming devices), etc. With the launch of the iPad, there’s now Apple vs. Sony/HP/Amazon [...]
26.03.2010
So let’s see if I can pull all these disparate threads together … I took my Strengthsfinder survey this week, and discovered that my #1 strength is Ideation. What does this mean? It proves what I’ve always said … about myself … I’m an incorrigible idea person. So here’s one idea that I just couldn’t [...]
14.03.2010
I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the Theology After Google conference last week at Claremont School of Theology. As one of the presenters, I was challenged to follow the TED Commandments and present something original and entertaining and funny and succinct (I had 10-12 minutes). With at least one TED fellow in the audience, [...]
06.03.2010
This is just a quick update to say I’m having fun working with the team at Halogen, a new socially conscious cable television network based here in Charlotte. It’s also a shameless attempt to get the most views on my Halogen staff video! (Click to watch above) Seriously, since I joined Halogen three weeks ago, [...]
