Archives for the 'Technology & Religion' Category
Opportunities
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
We have been collectively preparing for the forthcoming US Visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Orthodox Observer issue highlighting the visit is at the press, the web site is awaiting public launch, material and press kits are complete or nearing final form, and details of certain venues are being wrapped up. As one engages in [...]
Greetings to all from the Religious Education Summer Institute
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Thanks for all those who attended my Thursday and Friday sessions. We covered a lot of material and I very much appreciated all the interaction and discussion. Here’s a quick rundown for everyone:
Importance of the web for Parishes
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
For the past nine months, the Internet Ministries department has been working on a complete overhaul of an Orthodox jurisdiction’s web site and technology infrastructure. Over 1,000 man hours later the site is ready for launch. Many simply don’t understand or appreciate the time, planning, energy, and attention to detail to put together a cohesive [...]
Initial reflections on Pope Benedict’s Encylical
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
I took a quick read through Pope Benedict’s encyclical. A major theme of the encyclical is an authentic love of one’s neighbor in truth and not out of mere sentimentality. In the encyclical His Holiness Benedict XVI talks about what the Church has always held about technology: that it is not an immoral nor moral [...]
Porn infiltrates Twitter
Monday, July 6th, 2009
This weekend I posted several tweets on my Twitter feedabout the unreal amount of “followers” that were nothing but account fronts for porn. Well, today USA Today is running a story on this problem (USA Today article). From what I have read in the Twitter forums, several users have complained about this issue but unless [...]
Seminar on Addiction at St. Vladimir’s Seminary
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
I had a wonderful visit at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (www.svots.edu) this past Friday. The school was kind enough to invite me to speak on a day-long series on addictions. During the morning session, some frightening statistics about clergy training and substance abuse were disseminated. The statistics showed that overall, only about 12.5 percent [...]
Anti-Pornography Presentations
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Since 2005, I have had the privilege of representing the Greek Orthodox archdiocese on the executive committee on the Religious Alliance Against Pornography. Since the 2006 Clergy-Laity, we have been performing educational seminars across the United States on the topic of mobile pornography. Many have asked that I record this presentation so that it can [...]
Keeping our Kids Safe Online
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Divorce today’s wired teen from their computer or cell phone and you effectively cut them off from their social network.
Cell Phones and Mobile Pornography Featured on TV
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
Indeed, it has been an encouraging and refreshing experience to see our hierarchs in the Church willing and anxious to take a lead roll in the technology age.
Cyber Criminals Target Personal Computers
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
On March 6, Reuters reported that Cybercriminals were increasing the number of smaller attacks in an attempt to avoid detection by stealing individuals’ personal and financial information. The article reported that in the second half of 2005, Symantec saw the continuation of a trend whereby computer hackers were targeting people’s personal computers (their “desktops”) and [...]