What Would Luther Do? My Cultivate Workshop

Somehow, I have found myself amongst a virtual (ha) “who’s who” of online movers and shakers that are the Cultivate 09 facilitators. (I’m still wondering just how I got on board with this amazing crew!) I’ll be facilitating a discussion at Cultivate entitled “What Would Luther Do?” Intrigued? Here’s the description:

Leveraging technology to further God’s kingdom. How a problem, a pastor and the printing press changed the face of Christianity.

Interested? Then make sure you shake on down to Cultivate next Tuesday and join me for the discussion. (I secretly confided to another facilitator that I fear

no one will show up to my session! It is the communicator’s version of dreaming that you’re in math class with nothing more than your undies!)

Either way, I have so enjoyed researching what God can do through a little bit of “positive deviancy”–even through a little German monk named Martin Luther! I can’t wait to share it.

This next week will be a blitzkrieg of creative communication within the church:

Monday we’re headed to Chicago to get ready for Cultivate…
Tuesday Cultivate goes live. You should be there. For realz.
Wednesday it’s off to Aurora, IL for STORY hosted by the one, the only Ben Arment.
Thursday it’s STORY workshops with so many talented creatives it will make your head spin.
Friday I scrape my brain off the floor and hash through all the cool stuff I learned.

I truly hope to see you there. I will have a chance to meet face-to-face with so many friends that I’ve met online. That, alone, will be worth the whole trip. It will be a case study on whether online community “counts” as true community. (My bet is that it will. Just a hunch.)

So I hope to see some of you there. Martin Luther does to. His prophetic voice still echoes today. How? Well, you’ll just have to come to Cultivate and find out.

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Contributor: Justin Wise

A religious deviant who enjoys coffee, collared shirts, spending time with his wife and son, learning about quantum physics and creatively exploring the riches of the Spirit of Christ. Culture + Faith + Technology. Contact the author

Gabe Taviano

Luther's always interesting to me. Looking forward to connecting at Cultivate - you are a mover and a shaker!

Justin Wise

HA! You're too kind. Looking forward to our time!

bradruggles

Cultivate and Story are going to be awesome. Your workshop sounds intriguing. I hope that I'm free at some point so I can pop in.

And yes, I share the same fear as you do about nobody showing up. Maybe if we bribed them with candy...

Looking forward to meeting you next week bro!

Justin Wise

Dude. We must represent the Midwest. Rep-rep-REPRESENT!

Mike Jackson

Hoping Cultivate will also discuss the "unintended consequences" of the Internet age as compared to the printing press or other major cultural shifts in the church/world. We should not fear or be paralyzed by the unintended consequences, but rather be aware that we are beyond our cause-and-effect reasoning abilities in this endeavor and history shows human beings are incapable of adequately discerning risk (current economic crisis is a good example). The church ought also prepare and actively seek understanding of unintended consequences as they prepare and actively seek intended consequences. The evidence of balance is the thoughts, actions, and words or those leading us to both destinations. I have yet to see this balance personally.

Justin Wise

Mike

There's some great thought leaders in the Church regarding your concerns. I'd recommend both Shane Hipps' book "Flickering Pixels": http://bit.ly/GlDcn and John Dyer's blog: http://donteatthefruit.com.

Both dudes are sharp and are navigating the concerns you bring up brilliantly.