Comments on: Why Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers (Review) http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/03/why-johnny-cant-preach-the-media-have-shaped-the-messengers/ Technology is Fast, but Redemption is Slow Mon, 14 May 2012 23:58:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: molly Fraser http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/03/why-johnny-cant-preach-the-media-have-shaped-the-messengers/#comment-33076 molly Fraser Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:19:27 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=94#comment-33076 I'm looking forward to YOUR book coming in August. Looks quite intriguing (and beautiful). I’m looking forward to YOUR book coming in August. Looks quite intriguing (and beautiful).

]]> By: New and Upcoming Books on Technology, Media, and Faith | Don't Eat The Fruit http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/03/why-johnny-cant-preach-the-media-have-shaped-the-messengers/#comment-9406 New and Upcoming Books on Technology, Media, and Faith | Don't Eat The Fruit Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:04:21 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=94#comment-9406 [...] up to his 2009 book Why Johnny Can’t Preach: How the Media Have Shaped the Messengers (my review), Gordon uses the tools of media ecology to show why and how today’s church goers have come [...] [...] up to his 2009 book Why Johnny Can’t Preach: How the Media Have Shaped the Messengers (my review), Gordon uses the tools of media ecology to show why and how today’s church goers have come [...]

]]> By: Jeff Jordan http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/03/why-johnny-cant-preach-the-media-have-shaped-the-messengers/#comment-2386 Jeff Jordan Sat, 30 May 2009 14:49:30 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=94#comment-2386 Mr. John Dyer: As someone who is aspires to the preaching ministry , I have noticed how my time online and how I spend it online is detracting from my ability to slow down and absorb texts. I subscribe to not a few blogs. And there is a feeling of wanting to skim through them all, in order to keep up with the number of posts being churned out day after day, hour after hour. That's problem number one: SKIM-Reading And then there's problem number 2. I find my mind often wandering when I'm reading. At times, I have to read a sentence again because of a short attention span. Having coming from a third world nation where/when there was no internet access to a first world nation with broadband speed, i have noticed that problem number 2 arose about the same time as the migration. Coincidence? Probably not. Texts online are ephemeral, lasting only as dots on a screen. They are also hyperlinked, meaning one can flit from keep jumping without reflecting. I remember a conversation I had with my pastor. I was talking to him about how I wish I could read faster and if he give me some tips or lead me in the right direction. He said that what we often need to know is how to read slowly. John Dyer, I would like a copy of the book. May I have it? Mr. John Dyer:

As someone who is aspires to the preaching ministry , I have noticed how my time online and how I spend it online is detracting from my ability to slow down and absorb texts. I subscribe to not a few blogs. And there is a feeling of wanting to skim through them all, in order to keep up with the number of posts being churned out day after day, hour after hour. That’s problem number one: SKIM-Reading

And then there’s problem number 2. I find my mind often wandering when I’m reading. At times, I have to read a sentence again because of a short attention span. Having coming from a third world nation where/when there was no internet access to a first world nation with broadband speed, i have noticed that problem number 2 arose about the same time as the migration. Coincidence? Probably not. Texts online are ephemeral, lasting only as dots on a screen. They are also hyperlinked, meaning one can flit from keep jumping without reflecting.

I remember a conversation I had with my pastor. I was talking to him about how I wish I could read faster and if he give me some tips or lead me in the right direction. He said that what we often need to know is how to read slowly.

John Dyer, I would like a copy of the book. May I have it?

]]> By: Adam York http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/03/why-johnny-cant-preach-the-media-have-shaped-the-messengers/#comment-381 Adam York Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:41:41 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=94#comment-381 If anyone finds Gordon's media ecological perspective intriguing, you can listen to a series of lectures he gave http://tinyurl.com/cpcdfs Whether or not you agree with everything Gordon says, I found these lectures to be quite thought provoking. If anyone finds Gordon’s media ecological perspective intriguing, you can listen to a series of lectures he gave http://tinyurl.com/cpcdfs Whether or not you agree with everything Gordon says, I found these lectures to be quite thought provoking.

]]> By: Robert http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/03/why-johnny-cant-preach-the-media-have-shaped-the-messengers/#comment-253 Robert Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:44:55 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=94#comment-253 He was describing me to the T. I find myself racing through the text at times looking for "information". And I have to force myself to slow down and take time. I find it difficult at times to slow down and focus as I read books because I have noticed recently that I read books like I watch television: skimming the text looking for certain words and phrases without actually absorbing what I am reading; much like the way I read this blog post. Drive me nuts. Can I have the book now? He was describing me to the T. I find myself racing through the text at times looking for “information”. And I have to force myself to slow down and take time. I find it difficult at times to slow down and focus as I read books because I have noticed recently that I read books like I watch television: skimming the text looking for certain words and phrases without actually absorbing what I am reading; much like the way I read this blog post.

Drive me nuts.

Can I have the book now?

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