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Facebook as the New "Third Place"

In my new blog, I discuss how Facebook has become the new "third place" after home and work. I discuss the impact this might have on the church. 

How the iPad will impact the Church

At my new blog, I write on How the iPad will impact churches. Please join us in the conversation there.

Pope 2.0

In my new blog, I write about the Pope and social media. 

Korean Emerging Churches

For those of you haven't changed your links yet, I wrote on Korean Emerging Churches at my new website. Please join me there...

Does the Church have a Color?

For those of you who haven't updated your links yet, I asked at my new website whether the church itself ought to have a color. Please update your links...See you there!

Why I'm Voting for Barack Obama

For those of you who haven't switched your RSS feeds yet, I wrote an article on why I'm voting for Barack Obama. Here is the article:

Inverting the Pastor Pyramid

For those of you who haven't switched your RSS feeds yet, I wrote an article on how we need to re-think the structure of church from a pyramid to an inverted pyramid. Here is the article:

Jesus and Kos #3 - Mobilization

For those of you who haven't switched your RSS feeds yet, I began a series of mashups of Taking On the System by Markos Zuniga and the social life of Jesus -- looking to see what the church might learn about its social witness. Part III is here:

Jesus and Kos #2 -- Moving Past the Gatekeepers

For those of you who haven't switched your RSS feeds yet, I began a series of mashups of Taking On the System by Markos Zuniga and the social life of Jesus -- looking to see what the church might learn about its social witness. Part II is here:

DailyKos meets Jesus?

For those of you who haven't switched your RSS feeds yet, I began a series of mashups of Taking On the System by Markos Zuniga and the social life of Jesus -- looking to see what the church might learn about its social witness. The post is here:

Seth Godin, Tribes and Church

For those of you who haven't changed your RSS yet to my new website, I posted the beginning of a series of reflections on Seth Godin's new book Tribes. Here is the post:

Mock Political Debate in a Church Service

For those of you who haven't changed your RSS yet, I wrote a mock poltical debate that can be used in churches (using Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots, and Essenes). It plays off of our political debate culture. We used it in a church service last week.
Here is the skit (about 10 minutes)

Emerging Churches within Denominations

For those of you who haven't changed your RSS to my new website yet, an FYI: I posted on how the emerging church works within denominations...

"Country First" not an Option for Evangelical Christians

For those still coming here and haven't switched their RSS yet, on my new blog I wrote a post referring to "Country First" as not a real option for Evangelical Christians.

I've moved on!

Hi -- I'm not blogging at this site anymore - I'm blogging now at www.ryanbolger.com.