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RESOURCES R E X M I L L E R Rex Miller has integrated his academic, spiritual and business disciplines to assist secular and religious organizations in times of transition. A theology and communications major in college, he has worked for Fortune 500 companies in sales, marketing and management. Currently, he is vice-president of The Spencer Company, a furniture distributor located in Dallas. Miller has been part of two church plants and is a frequent speaker at churches and conferences related to issues addressed in the Millennial Matrix © . He can be reached at rexmiller@compuserve.com. The Millennial Matrix © The full text of the matrix, plus an extensive bibliography by Rex Miller, have been posted on www.youngleader.org. Audiotapes of Miller's presentation on the Matrix can be accessed at www.worshipinstitute.com. Books For further background reading related to the Millennial Matrix © , Rex Miller recommends the following: The Technological Society and Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes by Jacques Ellul The Medium is the Message by Marshall McLuhan Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander Future Worship: How a Changing World Can Enter God's Presence in the New Millennium by Lamar Boschman and MINISTRY Web sites C ULTU RE POSTMODERNITY http://www.baylor.edu/~Scott_Moore/Xnty_Pmism.html is a web site on Christian Faith and Postmodernity with excellent links to other sites, journals, magazines, essays and book reviews. http://broquard.tilted.com/postmodern/intro.html is a web site called Everything Postmodern, and it appears to come close to the title. Note: the site is not religious in nature. http://www.gocn.org is the web site of the Gospel and Our Culture Network. It includes all the books in their series on The Gospel and Postmodern Culture, as well as other information about the Network's mission and activities. http://home.pix.za/gc/gc12/genx/links/xpomo.htm is an extensive listing of postmodern resources on the Internet. It is a part of the Generation X Internet Onramp. B R A D C E C I L Brad Cecil is an associate pastor at Pantego Bible Church in Arlington, Texas, where he leads axxess (www.axxess.org), a learning community developing ministry and leadership for the future. Cecil has served as a church planter, national youth ministry director and shelter director. A business owner as well, Cecil leads BCA (www.bcalink.com), an integrated marketing communications company that assists organizations in developing relationships through communication streams. He can be reached at axxessbrad@aol.com. Ministry Transition Timeline © The complete timeline, available in a PowerPoint presentation with additional comments by Brad Cecil, can be downloaded from www.youngleader.org. Books www.youngleader.org/coolstuff.html is the reference page for LN's Young Leader Networks and includes an extensive list of books. http://www.marshillforum.org is the web site of the Mars Hill Forum, whose mission is to reveal Christ in culture. It includes their excellent journal and other initiatives. http://www.nytimes.com/specials/index-millennium.html is part of The New York Times' web site and its special millennium series that ran in the Sunday magazine. Three issues are of particular interest concerning the cultural shifts from modernity to postmodernity: Into the Unknown (June 6, 1999); New Eyes (September 19, 1999); and The Me Millennium (October 17, 1999). http://www.regenerator.com is the web site of re:generation quarterly, a Christian journal targeted at postmoderns. http://www.next-wave.org discusses the nature of ministry, faith and leadership in the 21st Century. Be sure to check their links. http://www.focus.org.uk is Resources for Leadership, whose mission is to help Christians engage postmodern culture. It includes links to web sites, articles, books and tapes.
Y O U N G L E A D E R Video Game Junkies and Cultural Semioticians Jason Mitchell, Director, Young Leader Networks The updated Young Leader CD rolls out in June! Loaded with articles written by Young Leaders, interviews with national leaders in the Network, all the 2000 events, skill-set resources and suggested new readings, the CD is yours free when you attend a YL event. It can also be purchased for ten bucks. I stayed up until 4:30 am on New Year’s Eve playing computer games with Jeff, my brother-in-law. We had a bunch of fun, but spent a ton of time trying to configure the new games on his computer, not to mention the time spent trying to make our fingers move fast enough and smart enough to play the game. I reflected on that evening the other day as I watched a seven-year-old boy playing a video game in a computer store. It was both enjoyable and annoying to watch the little guy play the game so fluidly. His fingers moved around the keyboard like a classical pianist, and I am sure he will be going public with his Internet startup in a few months. Check out the Young Leader site at www.youngleader.org for fresh resources and tools for leaders in the emerging church. And be sure to see the new look for the site beginning in March. There was There was once a day when we would say this kid would outgrow his video game obsession. Likely he won't. It's time to admit that the platform he is learning and living on is the mode of the future, so it really doesn't matter if he plays fewer video games as an adult. What matters is the fact that he is growing up in a completely different world than most of us adults have known. A few years ago, it seemed like the only people who were talking about this cultural shift stuff were a bunch of wild and passionate revolutionary church leaders who had to shout to be heard and understood. I suppose some of that shouting has accomplished something. Yet, while the landscape has changed, there are still people who continue to say, “Yeah, we went through that when we were young and you will outgrow it.” Or in other words, this excitement that we are feeling is merely “youthful enthusiasm" that will go away when we have kids and get minivans. I am 36 and I know Brad Cecil is at least six months older than I am. I already have hair growing on my ears, but I am still waiting to grow up and out of my condition. The reason the landscape has changed is that we now have young people emerging like the 21-year-old who recently told me, “I am tired of people telling me how to be and act postmodern. I am postmodern." In other words, “Yeah, got it." Done. This is the group of people I want to spend time with in the future. Besides, they like to play video games. managing editor content editor graphic designer communications associate leadership network large church networks young leader networks church champions network leadership training network knowledge network Colleen Townsley Hager colleen.hager@leadnet.org Carol S. Childress carol.childress@leadnet.org Karen Nidositko-Cline karen.cline@leadnet.org Vicky Perrenot vicky.perrenot@leadnet.org www.leadnet.org www.largechurch.org www.youngleader.org www.churchchamp.org www.ltn.org www.leadnetinfo.org NEXT is a quarterly publication of Leadership Network. To receive your free subscription, contact our Customer Care team at 800.765.5323. Requests to reproduce material in NEXT may be submitted in writing or email to Vicky Perrenot. Leadership Network, 2501 Cedar Springs Rd., Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75201. Phone: 800.765.5323 inside the U.S., or 214.969.5950 outside the U.S. FAX: 214.969.9392 Focuses on our latest discoveries and innovations. Sent as an email every other Monday. Subscription rate of $19.99. Great book reviews by nationally recognized consultant George Bullard. 24 reviews (12 business/12 church), mailed bimonthly. Still $29 U.S. (Canada $39 U.S.) Choose the most convenient way for you to subscribe today! www.leadnet.org web site 800.765.5323 Customer Care team
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