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Mobile Faith: The Leading Spiritual iPhone Apps, by Jane R. Johnson

21. April 2012

Seek sources of inspiration and solace from divine technology by Jane R. Johnson Technology makes our lives much easier in a variety of ways. Today our phones help us shop, locate the best deals, budget our finances, and stay on top of the latest news. However, technology can help on a much deeper level as [...]

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Millennial Data Love Debate: Why We Keep Arguing Over the Data We Discover

17. April 2012

Are Millennials more influenced by advertising than previous generations, or less influenced? Depends on the data we love the most. by David Kinnaman Millennials (or Gen Y, or Mosaics) have caused a lot of new study and discussion. I was reading this morning about their media use and response to advertising. One analyst claims in AdAge that [...]

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Danger! Angry Christian Blogger, by Gary David Stratton, PhD

29. March 2012

As the Blue Like Jazz movie controversy starts to get rolling, we thought it might be worth reposting a few lessons learned from 2011′s greatest controversy surrounding “Love Wins” “Christians are routinely taught by example and word that it is more important to be right than to be Christlike. In fact, being right licenses you [...]

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The Social Media Gospel: We Can’t Be Witnesses Where We’re Not Present

11. March 2012

Why Every Believer from Every Generation Should Have an Internet Presence by Mike Friesen I am a Millennial (born in 1987). I use social media (I tweet. I blog. I post status updates.). I have a smart phone. I spend between an hour or two on these sites a day and probably another hour using [...]

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VIDEO – How Schools Kill Creativity, by Sir Ken Robinson

8. March 2012

Two TED messages on education by Sir Ken Robinson pinpoint many of the problems (and some of the solutions) facing education today. How Schools Kill Creativity . . Bring on the Revolution

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Is Free Will a Mystery? by Karl Giberson, Ph.D.

19. July 2011

Do we conclude that there is no such thing as life because it doesn’t show up in the nets of physicist? by Karl Giberson, Ph.D Are there Big Questions that don’t have answers? Are some things simply beyond our capacity to understand with the finite lumps of gray matter in our heads? Are there “mysteries” in [...]

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Social Media Advice for Churches: Lauren Hunter’s Interview with Margaret Feinberg

6. July 2011

by Lauren Hunter @ChurchTechToday When I attended the Bayside Thrive conference last month, I had the pleasure of attending a break out session called, “Social Media Bootcamp” where I met Margaret Feinberg, acclaimed Christian author of two dozen books and multiple Bible studies. She was gracious enough to let me interview her about how the Church must view, [...]

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The Veneer of Media

26. May 2011

How hungry authors are manipulating the publishing industry by Chris Ferebee, literary agent and partner with Yates & Yates, in Q. Editor’s Note: This seven-part series explores the “veneer” of each channel of culture. It is inspired by the latest Q book by Jason Locy and TIm Willard: Veneer: Living Deeply in a Surface Society. If these [...]

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Is Preaching Performance Art?

24. May 2011

As I’ve noted in Paparazzi in the Hands of an Angry God, the leaders of America’s First Great Awakening recognized that societal transformation was every bit as much a media revolution as it was a spiritual movement. No one represented this approach better than George Whitefield, the man who Yale historian Harry Stout identifies as ‘America’s first [...]

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How Technology is Facilitating Education: Awesome Chart of a Growing Trend

18. May 2011

How Technology is Facilitating Education  | Infographic |

Fascinating infographic of the use of Social Media and other technology among college faculty and students from mastersineducation.org ++ Click to Enlarge Image ++Via:Masters in Education.org

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