Religion 2.0: Local clergy make net gains

The Capital - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX/business-video.tmcnet.com, Religion 2.0: Local clergy make net gains, 21 Nov 2010 "Today, clergy use many other innovations besides Facebook and Twitter. Everything from texting to Skyping is common, as is blogging and podcasting. Without all of them, pastors said, there's a danger of losing touch with the younger generation."

BBC - Rev

I've enjoyed watching episodes of 'Rev'. I'm still catching up, and haven't seen them sequentially. It's the best religiously oriented comedy I've seen since the excellent 'Little Mosque on the Prairie', and has picked up some positive reviews (including from Rowland Williams). The cast is outstanding, as is the writing (a revelation, dare I say?). International readers should point their local TV stations to Rev. UK viewers can see the full shows on iPlayer - no doubt episodes will emerge on YouTube as well... The link to this blog is that episode six has the central character responding to a poor online review of a sermon.

LA Times, Priest's "sermonettes" offer daily dose of spirituality through the iPhone

Mitchell Landsberg, LA Times, Priest's "sermonettes" offer daily dose of spirituality through the iPhone, 25 Apr 2010 "Manning, an author and television personality who has a show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, said that his early sermonettes were built around a daily reading from Scripture but that future ones will talk about the sometimes uneasy intersection of religion and science.

"He is aware, he said, that his iPhone sermons are reaching people at a time when the image of the Catholic Church is suffering from its handling of sexual abuse cases. "Very, very much so," he said. "The pain of what's going on is very, very, very deep in my own soul and heart. And I'm filled with sadness and I'm filled with deep apologies for what people have done, for what people I know have done.""

Also see GNT, Vatican Observatory Foundation iPhone App Launched Easter Sunday, 27 Apr 2010

Vatican Observatory Foundation

iTunes, Daily Sermonettes on Catholic Faith and Scripture with Fr. Mike Manning