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The Great Refactoring of 2020

The Great Refactoring of 2020

How do we re-evaluate our lives, our habits, our institutions in light of God’s promises to iteratively discern a new way? In this article, I recount and synthesize some experiences and ideas from 2020 in order to discern what it might mean for the future of Church.

Are we in digital exile?

Are we in digital exile?

As part of the recent COVID-19 and the Digital Transformation of the Church conference, I got to have a public conversation (click to watch) with Rev. Dr. Laurie Brenner, pastor of West Side Presbyterian Church. This article summarizes some thoughts from our...

Love Your Neighbor Through Your Work

Love Your Neighbor Through Your Work

Last weekend I struggled with how to love and serve my neighbors. Do I deliver groceries to those who can't (and shouldn't) go out? Do I go donate blood to dwindling blood banks? Donate to struggling charities? This past week it hit me. Working at Facebook means one...

Open Licensed Worship Music: Solving the Copyright Issue

Open Licensed Worship Music: Solving the Copyright Issue

Many churches are livestreaming their services in response to COVID-19. And many pastors are asking questions about copyright. (jump to the list of resources or keep reading to learn why this matters. Check out this Virtual Church Training if you're looking for...

7 Ways to Connect Faith and Work (and Why it Matters)

Here are 7 ways to connect faith and work. None of them are meant to be pitted one against another, or to prioritize one as more or less important. As this applies to technology, we might also think about the different ways we interact with technology: As a creator As...

TheoTech 2020 Update (and how you can be part of it!)

TheoTech 2020 Update (and how you can be part of it!)

Hi Friends! We shared this update on the TheoTech newsletter and wanted to post it here as well. What we did in 2019 Last year we produced 10 podcast episodes. One highlight was my talk on A Second Reformation which had 437 social media shares and a video on Language...

A Second Reformation?

A Second Reformation?

Technology has created the opportunity to communicate more broadly, while people are beginning to discover that vocation means serving God in all of life. Every person in every sphere of society can live out their calling from God. What would it look like around the...

Pray for Tech (Seattle)

Pray for Tech (Seattle)

Hi Friends, we just wanted to share about a new initiative we've been experimenting with called Pray for Tech. I share about it in this video or you can read more below.   We recently hosted our third "Pray for Tech" gathering in South Lake Union (Amazon's...

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