So here’s my question: What were your favorite topics of conversations had here at “into the mystic…” for 2005″? For you long time contributors, what would be your top 5 (or 10) “must read” picks for new readers and subscribers?

A paradox of life in the 21st century is that we live in an age of isolated connectivity or connected isloation.

What’s next? Will the “thinker” become conscious? What will signal the shift from “global thinker” to “global mind”? What do you think?

Is two or three gathered by the calling of Christ to reach people (Mission), who share the Lord’s Supper (Missional Community), and baptize converts (Missional Activity) a church? What more than this is necessary? Or is this too much? Or is it something other than these elements?

This movement may be more akin to an evolution of the human race than to a migration. Is mankind in a transitional phase of evolution from Homo Sapiens Sapiens to some as yet unnamed new species of man? If so, we are Homo Electronicus Migratus, an intermediate humanoid between the species we were and that which we are becoming. The famous Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise once said to a twentieth century earthling who mistakenly thought Kirk was from outer space, “I’m from Iowa. I just work in outer space.” In the same way, many among us are from the future, we just live and work in the present. And in the future, man has evolved from earthling to cyberling.

What are the keys to hosting a kingdom party in which spiritual conversation can be had?

Blogging is not the revolution. Jesus is the revolution. Blogging, nevertheless, is an emerging 21st century tool we musn’t ignore.

Why do we accumulate wealth?

Joyful Easter. Michael and I had a great conversation about the gospel this weekend. Fifty thousand years of accumulated experience by the 70 - 100 billion Humans who have lived on this planet have led us to know at least one thing: the dead don’t return. Accepted practices for disposing the corpse and expressing [...]

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what happens to sex when we have 100 hours of tivo to get through by the end of the week?

i’ve been thinking about adding tivo to my life, then i read this question in an article from a recent wired magazine sent to me by my friend jaime.

this article [...]