Archives for August, 2002
Guardian Unlimited has added me to a list of their favorite weblogs. Cool.
Postmodern Worship
The last post on postmodern worship can be found here. In it the author explains many of the elements of worship in an emerging culture.
Done. Hockey Pundits was giving an error everytime I used w.bloggar or any other programs that use Blogger’s API. It was driving me crazy and I finally got it fixed. It took far longer and was far more hassle than it was worth but it was done. I also tweaked some the html with Pundits so it looks a little better. The site is growing more popular every day and we aren’t even at the opening of NHL training camps yet. The greatest problem with hockey pundits is finding hockey fans who take some pride in the site and in their writing. I don’t want it to be a flame site but something that reflects some thought and research. We’ll see how it goes.
MacGyver is coming to a big screen near you. Patty and Selma should be over joyed.
Winamp’s page title, “Winamp3 would have happened two years ago, but we had the munchies.” Jeb was quite critical of Winamp 3.0 but I have found it workable. The more complex the skin, the more it bogs your system. He had problems with it skipping on his computer but it is playing my CD’s on MyPlay fine.
Jason Evans points me to a fascinating article in Fast Company about the future of companies and organizations in the postmodern world.”
“People,” they argue, “have changed more than the commercial organizations upon which they depend. And here is the new opportunity: In that chasm that now separates individuals and organizations lies the key to a new economic order with vast opportunities for wealth creation and individual fulfillment.” We have arrived, Zuboff and Maxmin believe, at a “transaction crisis.” Managerial capitalism succeeded spectacularly in turning us into a nation of individuals. “It has created a new world,” Zuboff says. “We have more stuff and more access to experiences. But it’s having all of those things that has turned us into people who think of ourselves as individuals and who want more control.”
This issue of Fast Company also has an article on BMW and their willingness to mess with success to stay ahead of the curve.
At a time when many global companies are hunkering down and retrenching, BMW is moving forward, placing a big bet that it has a winning design for future growth. Companies typically take risks because there is no other option: Their backs are against the wall and there’s no choice but to change. BMW is making bold moves at the very peak of its success. “Carmakers are running up against a very tough choice,” observes brand analyst Will Rodgers, cofounder of SHR Perceptual Management. “Either they protect their market share and play not to lose, like GM and Toyota, or they go all out, place some big bets, and play to win. BMW is playing to win.”
Bangle fills notebooks with cartoon-like sketches of his travels and observations, with quick captions written in German and English. There’s a star chart for locating the Southern Cross; there are notes from last year’s World Economic Forum, including a whimsical sketch of Hillary Clinton’s begrimed high heels and a free-flowing illustration of the gateway to the Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas. Tellingly, there’s not a single sketch of a car. Bangle won’t comment on his jottings ( too personal ), but as he closes the journal, he offers a cryptic bit of advice: “Take notes on the world. There will be a test.”
Saturday is the last day for early registration!
SOULARIZE: A LEARNING PARTY OCT. 15 - 18, 2002 MINNEAPOLIS, MN
EXPLORE the mystery, adventure, and community of ministry in our emerging culture. Join other artists, musicians, storytellers, church leaders, church planters, theologians, and community advocates. Over the past four years at Soularize, people have found refreshing and challenging ways to connect with other church leaders who are wrestling with ministry in the 21st century (whether you call it postmodernism, emerging generations, or the next church). Soularize 2002 will expose you to the latest trends, tools, authors and speakers and have the surprise moments that have made Soularize a unique and inspiring conference.
AUGUST 31ST IS THE END OF EARLY REGISTRATION for Soularize 2002 at $199 per person ($125 spouses). If you’ve been thinking about going, you might as well save some bucks and sign up now! (There are special discounts for multiple team member registration too.) After August 31, the cost is $249.
http://www.TheOoze.com/Soularize
We know we’re reaching leaders in the emerging culture that are bi-vocational–if not multi-vocational–so scholarships are available based on need.
Soularize’s unique edge is our speakers and experiences. For example:
THE REVEREND BERNICE KING, daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is one of our featured keynote speakers.
THE DAMAH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TOUR - three days after the 2002 winners are announced, we will host the first stop on the 2002 Tour of this festival of spiritual experiences in film.
SOULARIZE WORKSHOPS come from our community, so it’s virtually all the authors, speakers and friends that you’ve come to recognize, and a chance to
meet in person many of those names or aliases you’ve run into on the phoneor online. Brian McLaren, Liquid thinking, Rudy Carrasco, Tom & Christine Sine, Dan Kimball, Denise VanEck, Chris Seay, Karen Ward, Tony Jones, Holly Rankin, Mark Oestreicher, Heather Kirk-Davioff, Jordan Cooper, Joel Vestal, Andy Harrington, John Franke, Doug Pagitt…
LARGE SCALE PUBLIC ART - Tour guides/docents will help us explore the emotional, aesthetic and spiritual impact of art in the largest urban sculpture garden in the U.S. and how the church might contribute to the arts.
INTERACTIVE LABS including video editing, digital photography, art expression, cyber caf�, theology pub, song-writing studio, experiential worship installations and screening room (bring your own videos). If you are a musician, you might want to consider joining our house band “The Dirty Worship Band” led by Tim Taber formally of The Prayer Chain.
15 MINUTES OF FAME - many conferences have representatives from companies come and tell you what you need, trying to sell you their wares. At Soularize we reverse the roles. Publishers, record companies, stock art buyers, etc. come to discover the new resources of the emerging culture. Bring your CD-Rom, your manuscript, your demo tape, or instrument and you’ll have a chance to meet and talk with people that you’d have a difficult time meeting outside of the Soularize context.
If you love to learn in a hands-on relational way, and like the idea of a schedule with longer lunches and open evenings for discussion with fellow travelers, I hope that you’ll check out the website and that we’ll see you in Minneapolis in October.
Spencer Burke
Your Party Host
http://www.TheOoze.com/Soularize
Am off to have a cup of coffee with fellow blogger John Janzen today and then later off to a place called The Quest at Christopher Lake for Lakeview Church’s staff retreat. Since I have been at Lakeview, staff retreat has grown from a 1/2 day planning session to a three day retreat. I will be away from e-mail and the weblog till sometime on Friday. I never know what to expect anymore but we will see what happens. I am not a big fan of the camp. I find not having my own space a little tiring after a while. That and the bathrooms are designed for children so the sink is at my knees. I have some good reading to plow through. Hopefully some reviews will come of it.
A Prophet of Hope (from the Guardian)
The Guardian has a fascinating article on Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. It writes,
The latest challenge is to construct a way for different cultures to get along in a globalised world. The old mechanisms were fine in their day, says Sacks: the principles of religious tolerance or separation of church and state worked well inside the boundaries of a nation state. But we are no longer living in neatly defined, single societies; now we inhabit a world where “everything affects everything else”, whether it’s terror or economics. So now we need “a doctrine strong enough to allow different groups to live together without an overarching political structure.”
His conclusions have and will rattle conservatives of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity but it is a fascinating dialogue he is engaging in. The Guardian goes on to say,
So what are his views of the current Israeli situation? What does he make of the ancient Jewish command, quoted in his book: “Do not ill-treat a stranger [ie a non-Israelite] or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt”? How can that square with Israel’s 35-year-long occupation of the West Bank and Gaza?
“You cannot ignore a command that is repeated 36 times in the Mosaic books: ‘You were exiled in order to know what it feels like to be an exile.’ I regard that as one of the core projects of a state that is true to Judaic principle. And therefore I regard the current situation as nothing less than tragic, because it is forcing Israel into postures that are incompatible in the long- run with our deepest ideals.”
I can’t wait to read his book.
Sony Finally Haults Production of Betamax Players
Over the last year I have given examples of corporations, organizations, and churches that struggle to change with the times but Sony wins the grand prize. I had no idea that Sony was still making Betamax. They shipped 2,800 units last year and my question is to who?
Had a vehicle broken into last night. Wendy lost her ID, credit cards, and a little cash. Frustrating. I had this happen a couple of years ago. I don’t mind losing the cash or even the credit cards but losing the health, SIN, and drivers liscence is most frustrating and a pain to replace. Even things like business cards. That and they don’t help you at all.
Lobsters, caviar and brandy for MPs at summit on starvation
THE sickening champagne and caviar lifestyle being enjoyed by Earth Summit delegates was exposed yesterday. They are gorging on mountains of lobster, oysters and fillet steak at the Johannesburg conference — aimed at ending FAMINE. As the summit began yesterday, desperate kids in nearby shanty towns queued for water at standpipes. Bigwig politicians among the 60,000 delegates, including Deputy PM John Prescott, also get vintage bubbly and brandy. Taxpayers are footing the �500,000 bill for the 70-strong British party. Friends of the Earth called the extravagance “deplorable”. (via Metafilter)
Daniel Miller (no permalinks) blogs from Greenbelt . I amazed at what God is doing all over the world. I would love to be at Greenbelt 2003.
The Homeless Guy
A blog from a homeless man in Tennessee. Powerful stuff. (via Jason Evans)
If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men - you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while. If you write only for yourself you can read what you yourself have written and after ten minutes you will be so disgusted you will wish that you were dead.
Excerpted from New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton.
Our Cabin Weblog- Recently listened to music
- David Gray – Be Mine October 19, 2008
- David Gray – December October 19, 2008
- David Gray – Knowhere October 19, 2008
- David Gray – Real Love October 19, 2008
- David Gray – Last Boat To America October 19, 2008
- Recently additions to my library
- Messy Faith: Daring to Live by Grace by A. J. Gregory October 28, 2008
- Rediscovering Church: The Story and Vision of Willow Creek Community Church by Lynne Hybels October 26, 2008
- The Teeth of the Tiger, A Novel by Tom Clancy October 26, 2008
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John C. Maxwell October 26, 2008
- The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy October 26, 2008
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