What does a Porsche salesman turned Mennonite pastor have to say about media and culture?
These are my notes from a relevant and important message from Shane Hipps at Mars Hill in Detroit.
Shane authored the book The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church
shane hipps
mars hill church
2008/03/29
spirituality of the cell phone
http://marshill.org/teaching/index.php
the medium is the message.
it is how they are used that counts.
the content of any medium is the juicy piece of meat carried by the burgular to distract the watchdog of the mind
regardless of the content, the medium changes us
everything around us is media
electronic age: disorienting blindness in which it is increasingly difficult to discern reflection from reality
we are growing increasingly incapable of sustained face to face communication
hidden biases
the immense power of presence
how can you just be there in an email ? (ex. kathy)
location (being there) is anything but trivial
'the word became flesh' emmanuel
you are the message of the gospel
we are the body of christ
we are his media
This entry is part of Water Cooler Wednesday at randyelrod.typepad.com
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