Category Archives: Technology

Prosperity Gospel and the Singularity

Posted on March 24th, 2011 by Neal Locke

Despite the fact that my alma mater has strong historic ties to the seed-faith movement and its offspring the Prosperity Gospel — I have always viewed these sorts of theologies with suspicion, if not downright contempt.  But while reflecting today … Continue reading →

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Jesus, Technology, and the Church

Posted on February 22nd, 2011 by Neal Locke

[Part III of my application for Candidacy in the PC(USA) Ordination Process] In my personal statement of faith, I make an interesting word choice in describing the methodology of Christ:  I refer to him as “using the technology…of his day … Continue reading →

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Confession of Faith for the Church in Virtual Worlds

Posted on June 11th, 2010 by Neal Locke

(Also posted at Sacred Space in Cyberspace) PREFACE In a time of deep cultural change, the church has both great opportunity and great responsibility.  It is propelled into the future by its mission, while connected to the past by traditions, … Continue reading →

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Live from APCE Conference – Nashville, TN

Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Neal Locke

So today I’m presenting a workshop for the Association of Presbyterian Christian Educators at their 2010 Annual Conference in Nashville, TN. Yesterday, I led a Presbymergent conversation group for those interested in exploring the intersection between the Emerging Church and … Continue reading →

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Virtual Conferences: Future or Far Fetched?

Posted on November 17th, 2009 by Neal Locke

There seem to have been a lot of big, exciting, energetic Christian Conferences (especially tech-focused ones) this past fall.  And I noticed via twitter that a new acquaintance of mine, Paul Steinbrueck, has managed to attend almost all of them.  … Continue reading →

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RSS and Website Woes

Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Neal Locke

I’ve been having serious website issues in the past two weeks, and I noticed my feed subscriptions via feedburner dropped by about 30%.  While I could be cynical and attribute it to my last post about John McCain, I suspect … Continue reading →

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Thank You from Grady and Daddy

Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Neal Locke

Ok, so at the end of January this is about a month overdue, but I wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributed to Grady’s Christmas present this year: Two XO Laptops from the One Laptop Per Child foundation … Continue reading →

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