Yep, we really ARE in the middle

Adam Roberts from Shepherd of the Hills UMC in Douglasville, Georgia describes how Methodists really are in the theological middle. In the post he quotes Adam Hamilton, our senior pastor. Scott Jones, the Methodist bishop in Kansas agrees, and refers to this position as “The Extreme Center.”

United Methodist News Service article on podcasting

The United Methodist News Service just released a nice article about churches doing podcasting. It features a number of quotes from Peter Metz, Resurrection’s Director of Communications.

Nerd test

Jason took the nerd test. I thought I was a nerd, but I must bow to Jason who scored a whopping 96!

A story of evangelism over the web

I don’t know how often this happens, but at least here is one story of how the web was used to reach one person.

Top 20 church business admins in the US

Our boss, Brent Messick, is one of the top 20 church business administrators in the US. Congratulations Brent!

Is all this technology making us less human?

Tony Long of Wired News wonders how instant communications technology is impacting our humanity. I’m not fully endorsing his point of view, but it spoke to me today.

Revolution

Barna’s new book, Revolution, is getting a lot of buzz, including a prominent mention yesterday in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal. (Thanks, Jeff, for alterting me to this.) My mom first told me about the book earlier this week, and offered to pay for a copy. Woo hoo! So I guess this will be on my reading [...]

Word of the podcast is spreading

Jeff is listening to our sermon podcasts and is telling his friends. Jeff, we’re happy you’re listening and even happier you think it’s cool enough to tell your friends.

Web Developer position open

At Resurrection we’ve had a position open for a web developer since August. As a hiring manager in the IT field, this is the first time in more than four years that I’ve had difficulty filling an IT job. See my previous post about how the world has changed. Now Scoble posts this morning that [...]