Search Party 2002. I'm attempting to start a discussion on The Ooze related to the cyberspace portion of the upcoming Search Party 2002 in St. Louis. If you'd like to participate in the discussion, go to The Ooze, then click on "Message Boards," then drill down to "General Message Board," and look for the thread labeled "Search Party 2002 - e-tools discussion."
I'm not too fond of the term "e-tools" for this discussion. It implies that the Internet is nothing more than a tool for ministry. So I posted this thought on the thread today:
Does "e-tools" really capture the essence of what we're talking about when we talk about the Internet? To my way of thinking the Net is more than a tool for ministry. It is a place for doing ministry, a place for community. Is a church building a "tool" for ministry, or is it part of the community itself? Just wondering what anyone else thinks about this.
What is church? One church attempts to answer that question here. (It's also a church that blogs.)
Rushkoff blogs. Author Douglas Rushkoff's blog has been added to the blogroll. This entry includes a link to a RealVideo interview with Rushkoff about linear narrative vs. collective stories. Rushkoff's take on the metanarrative -- how we got here -- is well articulated early on in the interview. Interesting thoughts from an interesting thinker.