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Have you seen the latest American Express commercial with Ellen Degeneres and Beyonce? If you haven't, you can check it out below. The ad centers around a common phrase from the 80's - have your people call my people - which clearly makes the ad more entertaining. I mean, who says that anymore? If you do, well...hmmm... Today, it's all about text messaging and social networking - directly - with our own network of BFFs. When I think about technology and the church, many churches are still living in the Have your people call my people age, while the rest of the world is planning to cu@12. It's a crazy and exciting time we live in. Hi, my name is Tamara, and welcome to my blog. I invite you to join me as we talk about the recent (and not-so-recent) kewl technologies that are out there. We'll also take a look at ways the church and faith community - perhaps your own - take advantage (or not) of these technologies. That discussion may get a bit spicy because there are clearly those that believe technology is a secular thing and should be avoided at all costs. Let's start there and see where the conversation takes us. Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope to engage in some meaningful and fun discussions with you in the weeks and months to come.
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Tamara -- Now, see, that's why I'm anxious to read your blogs. I've watched that commercial many times and it never occurred to me that the "have your people call my people" was passe. But now that you mention it, you are totally correct. I'm embarrassed that I didn't pick up on that on that cultural/technology faux pas.
I suppose you are also correct (which would make you two for two) that there remain some Christian people who think that technology is evil. But we probably won't run into them here on ConversantLife.com. So let your blogs begin. I'm very anxious to get your insights about the connection between technology and our faith. (But please stop texting me with criticism of my sermon while I preaching.)
Bruce
Beyonce, church, and spiciness, all in one blog! Now that's a blog I'll be reading!
Is it technology/culture/generation gaps that are making the institutional/organized church seem less relevant? Something seems to me to be doing so. Most churches I've been in recently run the sermon outlines and/or other sermon material on power point projection screens while the preacher is speaking, even very conservative ones, where gray heads outnumbered all other colored hair by about 10 to 1. When that happens I think the church is not reaching new generations and will cease to exist as these saints pass on. Power point is not turning the corner for them.
I have seen that commercial a thousand times and I always thought it was the advertising agency's way of bringing that phrase back. Anyway, I look forward to your blogs because this is an area where most people in the church and the christian community fear to tread. But have no fear. Lay it out there and I look forward to the conversations and the blogs. Let's have fun!!!!
Tamara,
It is great to have you on here. I am also studying at Fuller, although kind of taking the opposite route as you. I have began in ministry and am now studying the relationship between media/new media/technology and theology/the church. So, I look forward to discussions on conversant about this issue. I will also be blogging on some of these issues, as well as others. I look forward to reading more from you.
Best,
Phil Towne