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Hooked on Gadgets | Surfing the Net or the Net Serfing Us?

Jun 9, 2010

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in Apple, Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Science, Technology, Theology

An excellent article in the New York Times the other day – ‘Hooked on Gadgets and Paying a Mental Price‘ – which explores the mental and relational cost of screen-addiction, plotting the story of one family who are all, in their own way, too hooked on gadgets: Mr. Campbell continues to struggle with the effects…

Dinner with Dallas | Can the Poor and Powerless Have Knowledge?

May 25, 2010

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in Education, Philosophy, Theology

Was kindly invited by my publishers to have dinner with Dallas Willard last night with a few others. Dallas has a new book out called Personal Religion, Public Reality?: Towards a Knowledge of Faith which he talked a little about, leading to a very interesting roundtable discussion about what exactly knowledge was or could be.…

The Emerging Church is just a Marketing Phenomenon

May 19, 2010

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Church, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Theology

A very interesting post popped up on the theology site ‘An Und Fur Sich’ yesterday, which was a quick critique posted by Brad Johnson, after his investigation into the movement prompted by ‘a mixture of morbid and genuine curiosity.’ His single perspective was to read Pete Rollins’ books, and his comments spring basically out of…

Bring Your Own Fire | Parables | Hell

May 18, 2010

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in Arts, Emerging Church, Philosophy

Good to see that Pete’s iPhone app is out now – and contains a collection of parables and other writing, including the competition-winning re-working of ‘Footprints‘ that I wrote last year. He’ll be adding to it over time, so well worth getting in early and picking up a copy now. Stories are vital to all…

New Apple Dates Announced | Thinking Deeply About Technology

Apr 26, 2010

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in Apple, Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Technology, Theology

Really pleased to announce that we’ve sorted out three new dates for Apple events over the next couple of months. The idea behind Apple is to get people thinking more reflectively about technology – whether that be digital culture or tool-use. Humans are tool-makers, and the technologies we use form us, just as we form…

“It’s, like,…” | Fluid Opinion | Life as Metaphor

Apr 22, 2010

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in Current Affairs, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Politics

For anyone who’s watched any US television show starring anyone under the age of 25, or stepped inside a school, or just has, like kids, they’ll know that as a teacher the word I hear most often is, like, “like.” I’ve tried banning it in my lessons, but to no avail. One child today was…

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