by bradhuebert | Nov 19, 2012 | church, community, evaluation, Faith, geek, Ministry, relationships, sci-fi, social media
I’m reading Comeback Churches right now (Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson). And man, are these boys putting my heart into words. These are things I’ve long believed, but never quite articulated—mostly relating to mission and culture and how the church is...
by bradhuebert | Sep 25, 2012 | evaluation, Faith, geek, sci-fi, struggles, time travel, Uncategorized
Life, it turns out, is all about time travel. Our minds jump back and forth between past, present, and future all day long. What did you eat for supper last night? What are your weekend plans? How do you feel right now? See? The thing is, the more time jumping we do,...
by bradhuebert | Sep 7, 2012 | Faith, geek, Intimacy with God, Jesus Christ, sci-fi, spiritual growth, Uncategorized, vision
Yesterday I summarized The Hero’s Journey, Joseph Campbell’s brilliant analysis of epic stories. You’ll want to read that post before you tackle this one. Campbell outlined twelve universal story elements that every hero story flows through (though...
by bradhuebert | Aug 16, 2012 | Faith, identity, sci-fi, technology, vision
I am not a hologram. Yet. As Jordana Divon, a Yahoo! Canada Shine On blogger, wrote on Wed, 1 Aug, 2012; On his website, entitled 2045, “Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov… claims he has assembled a team of top scientists to work on… a six-stage project that...
by bradhuebert | Jun 11, 2012 | Faith, movies, sci-fi
Prometheus: Ridley Scott’s second sci-fi opus? I watched Prometheus in 3D IMAX today. Bottom line? Ridley has given us a stunning film—not just to watch, but to ponder. Make no mistake, this tale gets under your skin—way under—and then wriggles around with...
by bradhuebert | Jun 8, 2012 | Faith, sci-fi, space travel
Welcome to Mars One. Don’t speak. Just watch. Then let’s talk. [youtube width=”650″ height=”350″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QoEEGySGm4[/youtube] Is it just me, or is this mind-boggling? The older...
