Comments on: Church as Screen Time and Pastor as Parasocial Personality

By: Pastoralia – Tales from the future of Christendom » The Prostitution of the Gospel Through Marketing

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:55:07 +0000

[...] a post called 5 Arguments Against the Use of Media and Marketing in Church (I followed up with a related post about hologram pastors here). Not surprisingly I received some pretty irate feedback from other pastors. But today Eric [...]

By: Ray Hollenbach

Ray Hollenbach — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:43:09 +0000

I think Steven Hamilton has it just right. Steve – we *should* get you started! Jesus reproduced himself in his disciples, even though his disciples never “measured up” to him. Every church should value training and releasing it’s people to do the work of the ministry. When church leaders present virtual, holographic, or HD pastors says one of two things:
1). We think every other gift/role in the church can be replicated EXCEPT the preacher.
2). We value church as entertainment above our calling to make disciples.

By: Ben Sternke

Ben Sternke — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:29:04 +0000

Your observations about people’s conversations revolving around the antics or behavior of “the pastor” are so on-target.

I think this is one of THE most important issues facing the modern church, but nobody is talking about it in the depth it needs to be talked about. Most of the conversation I’ve seen revolves around issues of practicalities and preferences.

By: steven hamilton

steven hamilton — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:06:33 +0000

errrg…don’t get me started…i actually just wrote a guest blog post about the screen-mediated-experience and formation: http://notreligious.typepad.com/notreligious/2010/02/plant-a-garden-or-just-take-a-walk-steven-hamilton.html

video venues…it’s too early for me to go there and how they stunt the releasing of others, the building of giftedness in others, and again- form a group of people in wrong ways…

By: Julie waters

Julie waters — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:45:27 +0000

Why is it that I’m getting a mental picture of a “Jedi Knight” performing a “mind minipulation” tactic….”Pay no attention to the pastor on the screen” or “This is not the pastor you’re looking for….”

Serioulsy though, technology – just like everything else – can be a very good thing. It brings people closer in communication on a daily basis (e-mail, web cams, blogging, etc.) BUT obviously – just like everything else – the good can become addicting and abused, leaving the users empty and stripped of true essence.

By: Michael Freer

Michael Freer — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:21:58 +0000

Thank goodness for google translator.

By: Jason Coker

Jason Coker — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:11:05 +0000

Thank you Chris (aka Rene) for succinctly articulating the power of art.

By: Rene Magritte

Rene Magritte — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:57:10 +0000

or perhaps more accurately, “Ceci n’est pas une pastor”.

By: Rene Magritte

Rene Magritte — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:19:54 +0000

Ceci n’est pas une pipe.