The church is undergoing radical changes under the force of electronic culture. Strange cultural paradoxes are emerging. We live as a "tribe of individuals" and experience life as electronic nomads--physically in one place but electronically elsewhere.
Shane pastors Trinity Mennonite Church, Glendale, Ariz. He left a career in advertising to pursue an M.Div at Fuller Theological Seminary, then began his pastorate at Trinity in April 2005. He hosts "Third Way Faith" podcast on wiredparish.com and has written The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church.