More on Progress
I received a careful crafted reply to my short aside on Progress from my long-time friend Tom Josephson via Facebook. He said:
There is no such thing as Progress
When I hear people talking about “progress” or being “progressive” or thinking that we can by our own cleverness advance a cause in the world if we just have the right beliefs, attitudes, or technologies, I shudder. In every one of these pictures, (warning: graphic photos) someone behind the scenes thought the exact same thing. [...]
The Coming Death or Rebirth of Church Publishing
Every church I’ve ever attended has had to spend time, energy, and money contending with copyright infringement. Every duplicated hymn in the bulletin, every extra copy of music for the musicians, etc. is potentially a source of copyright violations. Many churches work hard to prevent this kind of problem with organizations like CCLI (Christian Copyright [...]
Church Demographics and Use of Technology
I’ve been pondering the impact that a good church website can have upon church attendance, growth, and demographics. In fact, I had a lovely conversation with Susan Ebertz here at Wartburg this morning about this very topic, as one of her teaching interests is technology in ministry. A few thoughts from that conversation: