Good morning at work today. I got a lot of updates done on the Allelous Dia Aeonos Resident Handbook, it’s pretty basic, but always nice to mark something off the to-do list!

Worked on my resume this afternoon. I hope to post it here as a pdf soon. That way if you (honored visitor) are interested in hiring me then you can find out a bit of what I’ve done and the like.

This morning in the office Hannah and I were listening to an mp3 from Search Party 2002 of Andrew Careaga, Spencer Burke, Leonard Sweet, Randy Jumper about E-Tools (i.e. the internet/technology in the emerging church). If you want to have a listen go here. It was interesting and got me thinking (again) about the place of technology and the internet in the kingdom/church. These folks are generally of the opinion that technology is God’s gift to humanity/the church and we should use it to the fullest. I’m not sure I entirely agree. This issue intrigues me and I would love to really deeply dialogue about this sometime in the future (any takers?!).

Briefly, here are a couple concerns (btw – see this article on TheOoze too):

1. Are we missing the message inherit in the media? Sure the internet is a wonderful tool – for certain things – but it does have implicit understanding about how we understand and interpret what we are receiving. What is communicating more the “text” or the “text-carrier”?

2. Are we just getting starry-eyed about the latest gimmick and toy? We (especially in the church?) seem to like to ride the band-wagon. Are we doing that here?

3. I thought I had another, but can’t remember now…

Gotta go to class.

Going to a free screening of Radio tonight – I love living in So.Cal.! (I’ll miss this!)