tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372142011-04-21T14:01:55.941-05:00Theoblogical<a href="2002_06_02_nmc_archive.html#77261727">To be a community in this new media age</a>, we need to recover the idea that the church can be and provide one of those places which Oldenburg calls a "<a href="2002_06_02_nmc_archive.html#77261727">third place</a>" in his book, "A Great Good Place".<br> <a href="2002_06_02_nmc_archive.html#77259899">More</a> <br><br> My present and active Blog is at <a href="http://theoblogical.org">theoblogical.org</a>Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-50111066179627557892007-03-04T01:04:00.000-06:002007-10-22T12:47:17.391-05:00 .FAC-headoftable {background-color:#DADFAE} .FAC-bodyoftable {background-color:#F0E9BD} td {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; color: #000000}; Theoblogical Posts at theoblogical.org Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-1121972145007838562005-07-21T13:55:00.000-05:002005-07-21T14:04:33.646-05:00My main blog is at theoblogical.orgDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-822241572002-09-27T23:50:00.000-05:002005-07-21T14:04:03.290-05:00anything work here anymore? It seems that in my last half dozen or so vistis, nada. Some problem or another. No posts be happenin'Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-791347502002-07-18T23:06:00.000-05:002002-07-18T23:06:24.396-05:00So does this wbloggar thing work ok?Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-772621902002-06-02T17:02:00.000-05:002002-06-02T17:04:49.000-05:00A Great Good Place Ray Oldenburg's book explores the various psycho-social reasons for the attraction people have for the "third place"; most often represented in the bars, coffeehouses, and other places of social gathering where people go to find comraderie. Oldenburg's study is not a theological study, and so he does not question the idea that part of the attractiveness of the Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-772619242002-06-02T16:52:00.000-05:002002-06-02T17:01:15.000-05:00 The links in this post take you to the Web site, until I get them "blogged" onto this site. Theology of the Web  My Story What is a Christian? My "Theology and the Net" research Bibliography (1-7-97) Dialogue/Reaction  Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-772617272002-06-02T16:45:00.000-05:002002-06-02T17:09:36.000-05:00The "Third Place" Ray Oldenburg's "A Great Good Place" describes as "third places" those places which a person is drawn to as "refuge and relaxation", different from workplace or family. It is a good example of the almost mystical drawing power of the even the "possibility" for community. Here is a sociological study which has hit upon a piece of the puzzle which our electronic, Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-772612362002-06-02T16:29:00.000-05:002002-06-02T16:43:53.000-05:00Balcony People The image of the balcony comes from the Biblical passage where we read of "being surrounded by a cloud of witnesses", and these are the people of the church, future,past, and present, from whom we have learned and experienced growth , and to whom we will leave a legacy and an impression. Many of these I am actively seeking to contact in some way, directly or Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-772609432002-06-02T16:18:00.000-05:002002-06-02T18:26:02.000-05:00test Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-772598992002-06-02T15:41:00.000-05:002002-06-02T15:50:22.000-05:00In a world where electronic communication has thus far aided to reduce the number of these "third places", we may see in online, Computer Mediated Communications a chance to pull the elements of community back together, and draw us closer together. Here we might re-learn the value and the wonder of the riches we have to offer one another, and provide a place where we can discover that there is Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-772598782002-06-02T15:40:00.000-05:002002-06-02T16:25:22.000-05:00To be a community.... This is the predominant image in my theology of Church. It surely has many faces , but it begins with the journey to find out what it takes to live together and care for each other. When we are about this journey, we see the importance of communicating this perspective on life. The emphasis on community is crucial, but it must also clearly define this community as Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037214.post-772588822002-06-02T15:03:00.000-05:002002-06-02T16:11:20.000-05:001Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110232670873989959noreply@blogger.com