Producing Religion Online

Age & Generations, Asian Traditions, Commitment & Belonging, Culture Frame, Denominations, Ecology Frame, Participant Observation, Ritual & Worship, Technology & Internet

The emergence of nondenominational media productions online points to the importance of expanding your sense of what constitutes your congregation’s ecology. It also challenges congregational leaders to think about the culture of their congregation. These are new communities longing for connection, who don’t fit existing patterns of gathering. What might these two innovations tell you?…

Congregational Snapshots: Understanding and Engaging Congregations through Cell Phone Photographs

Buildings & Spaces, Commitment & Belonging, Culture Frame, Technology & Internet, Visual Methods, VisualMethod-Feature

Images are everywhere and everyone—from children to professionals schooled in digital media production—is making them. Digital cameras are commonplace, standard equipment in cell phones. These devices record countless photographs and videos, which are disseminated across media sharing platforms such as Flickr, Picasa, Instagram, and YouTube. Chances are more people carried a camera (in the form…