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NBA, Iran, Twitter, Church-rater and the Democratization of Information

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:49:11 -0400

NBA, Iran, Twitter, Church-rater and the Democratization of Information:

By Jeff Smith
After hearing many different takes on churchrater this past week, I think this social media story in the NBA shows the same type of information democratization that the whole…

Gospel Exclusivity – Weigh In

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:49:10 -0400

Gospel Exclusivity – Weigh In:

by Jeff Smith
Scot McKnight (one of my favorite theologians) is asking people to weigh in here on “gospel exclusivity”. Both an important topic and another example of what Tickle describes as …

Orientation, Position, Details – Post #1

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:49:10 -0400

Orientation, Position, Details – Post #1:

by Jeff Smith

The future is just like the past (except shinier)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:49:10 -0400

The future is just like the past (except shinier):

by Jeff Smith
This Seth Godin post is a bit too true for comfort. How many of the planning meetings you sit in are based on this false future=shinier past premise?

China and the Web (& Church-rater and its participants)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:49:09 -0400

China and the Web (& Church-rater and its participants):

by Jeff Smith
Tom Barnett makes this comment:

You can always chose control of content over freer forms of connectivity, but it always comes with a cost. As China’s society–and thus its…

Evangelism as a country – a question

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:49:09 -0400

Evangelism as a country – a question:

by Jeff Smith

We’ve been batting this question around the past few days at Off the Map:

If evangelism concepts were nations, where would their borders be – and what roads would connect…

Orientation & Position #2

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:49:08 -0400

Orientation & Position #2:

by Jeff Smith

G-8 to G-20? Another example of “Networked Authority”

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:21:39 -0400

G-8 to G-20? Another example of “Networked Authority”:

By Jeff Smith
Whatever you may believe about the evils or good of globalization, this story about the G-8 expanding to the G-20 is, to me, just another example of what Phyllis Tickle calls …

Orientation, Position, Details – Post #1

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:21:38 -0400

Orientation, Position, Details – Post #1:

by Jeff Smith

NBA, Iran, Twitter, Church-rater and the Democratization of Information

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:21:38 -0400

NBA, Iran, Twitter, Church-rater and the Democratization of Information:

By Jeff Smith
After hearing many different takes on churchrater this past week, I think this social media story in the NBA shows the same type of information democratization that the whole…

Gospel Exclusivity – Weigh In

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:21:37 -0400

Gospel Exclusivity – Weigh In:

by Jeff Smith
Scot McKnight (one of my favorite theologians) is asking people to weigh in here on “gospel exclusivity”. Both an important topic and another example of what Tickle describes as …

The future is just like the past (except shinier)

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:21:37 -0400

The future is just like the past (except shinier):

by Jeff Smith
This Seth Godin post is a bit too true for comfort. How many of the planning meetings you sit in are based on this false future=shinier past premise?

G-8 to G-20? Another example of “Networked Authority”

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:02:20 -0400

G-8 to G-20? Another example of “Networked Authority”:

By Jeff Smith
Whatever you may believe about the evils or good of globalization, this story about the G-8 expanding to the G-20 is, to me, just another example of what Phyllis Tickle calls …

Patient Evangelism (A Possible Third Way)

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:56:34 -0400

Patient Evangelism (A Possible Third Way):

by Jeff Smith
A friend, Al Doyle, recommended Novogratz’s book The Blue Sweater, to me several months ago. Needless to say it was as transformative as Al said it would be.

As I watched this …

Women Only Trains

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:56:34 -0400

Women Only Trains:

By Jeff Smith
Tom Barnett always says,

I can tell a lot about a society by how it treats its women.

Here’s a very interesting NY Times story about how women in India advocated so strongly…

Yelp (for developing countries) and for churches

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:42:28 -0400

Yelp (for developing countries) and for churches:

By Jeff Smith The Economist has this article in their Sept 24th edition and I think it has huge implications to the church-rater discussion we’re having here at OTM. First, the points the…

Mirrors and Maps Conference Podcast

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:42:28 -0400

Mirrors and Maps Conference Podcast:

Nick Fielder was kind enough to do a podcast with Jim about our upcoming Mirrors and Maps conference. Jim talks about the ideas behind Mirrors and Maps and what will happen there. And…

Women Only Trains

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:42:28 -0400

Women Only Trains:

By Jeff Smith
Tom Barnett always says,

I can tell a lot about a society by how it treats its women.

Here’s a very interesting NY Times story about how women in India advocated so strongly…

Patient Evangelism (A Possible Third Way)

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:42:27 -0400

Patient Evangelism (A Possible Third Way):

by Jeff Smith
A friend, Al Doyle, recommended Novogratz’s book The Blue Sweater, to me several months ago. Needless to say it was as transformative as Al said it would be.

As I watched this …

Mirrors and Maps Conference Podcast

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:20:39 -0400

Mirrors and Maps Conference Podcast:

Nick Fielder was kind enough to do a podcast with Jim about our upcoming Mirrors and Maps conference. Jim talks about the ideas behind Mirrors and Maps and what will happen there. And…