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PodcastandAudioProductionforMinistry

CCMA- CALLED2018MallofAmerica,Bloomington,MN

Don’tbotherwithnotes

americamagazine.org/ccma2018

John20:31Butthesearewrittenthatyoumaybelieve thatJesusistheMessiah,theSonofGod, andthatbybelievingyoumayhavelifeinhisname.

ASecularAge

“theappealofscientificmaterialismisnotsomuchthecogencyofitsdetailedfindingsasthatoftheunderlyingepistemologicalstance,andthatforethicalreasons.Itisseenasthestanceofmaturity,ofcourage,ofmanliness,overagainstchildishfearsandsentimentality”

“Ifourfaithhasremainedatthestageoftheimmatureimages,thenthestorythatmaterialismequalsmaturitycanseemplausible”(p.365).Butinfact,theirconversiontounbeliefwasalsoaconversiontoanewfaith:“faithinscience’sability”

Smith,JamesK.A.(2014-05-01).How(Not)toBeSecular:ReadingCharlesTaylor(p.77).Wm.B.EerdmansPublishingCo..KindleEdition.

ASecularAge

• IfTaylorisright,itseemstosuggestthattheChristianresponsetosuchconvertstounbeliefisnottohaveanargumentaboutthedataor“evidence”butrathertoofferanalternativestorythatoffersamorerobust,complexunderstandingoftheChristianfaith.Thegoalofsuchwitnesswouldnotbetheminimalestablishmentofsomevaguetheismbuttheinvitationtohistoric,sacramentalChristianity.

Smith,JamesK.A.(2014-05-01).How(Not)toBeSecular:ReadingCharlesTaylor(p.77).Wm.B.EerdmansPublishingCo..KindleEdition

CompellingNarratives

• Aswebecomemoredifferentfromoneanother,asnewvoicesareheardandnewrolescreated,webegintoforgethowtospeakthesamesymboliclanguagebecausewenolongersharethesamesetofpracticesthatteachushowtospeakit.Andlackingacommonsetofsymbolsmeansthatwenowstruggletocommunicatecertainthings,wemisunderstandoneanother,orenduptalkingforhourstoexplainsomethingthatusedtobecommunicatedwithagesture.• PatrickGilger,SJ,BuildingbridgesinaSecular AgeLivingCityFeb2018

BuildingBridges

• Ofcourse,serviceofreconciliationandjusticemeansbuildingbridgestoallowfordialogue.Weknowthatthetaskofbuildingbridges,orof“beingbridges”incontextsofconflict,meansbeingsteppedonbybothsidesofthefight.Thatisthepriceofourserviceand,aswetryandfollowJesus’example,we’rereadytopayforit.• Fr.GeneralSosa,Rio2017

CreatingConnections

• Butinthepresentsecularage,inourdifferentiatedworld,wenolongerhavetobuildonebridge,butmany.Andwehavetobuildthemnotjustbetweentwostablespheres,butbetweenmultiple,fragmented,andincreasinglycontradictoryspheres.

ThebridgesthatCatholicmediawantstobuildnowmustrunineverydirection,andthisputsuniquepressuresonwhatCatholicmediacanbeandwhatitcando.

• PatrickGilger,SJ,BuildingbridgesinaSecular AgeLivingCityFeb2018

3SuggestionsfromGilger

1. Focusonexcellenceandbeauty

2. Catholicmediatodaymustbemoredeeplyrootedinourownfaith,andinthecommunalpracticeofthatfaith,thanperhapseverbefore

3. Do#1and#2atthesametime• BuildabridgethatbeginsfromaparticularplaceofrootednessandisbuiltbybeautifuldepictionsofencounterswithaGodwhoneverstopsseekingtoencounterus.

DistractionvsDiscernment

• “Ifthechurchescametounderstandthatthegreatestthreattofaithtodayisnothedonismbutdistraction,perhapstheymightbegintoappealanewtoafrazzleddigitalgeneration.Christianleadersseemtothinkthattheyneedmoredistractiontocounterthedistraction.”

-AndrewSullivan,“IUsedtobeHuman.”NewYork.

JesuiticalLessons

AIandAudio

Beawareofartificialintelligenceanditsinfluenceontechtrends

• Watch10TechTrendsinJournalism:10thAnniversaryEdition!• https://ona17.journalists.org/sessions/techtrends/

AIandAudio

https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/The-Smart-Audio-Report-from-NPR-and-Edison-Research-Fall-Winter-2017.pdf

AIandAudio

1. Ownershipisat16%oftheU.S.populationinjustthreeyears1,alreadyoutpacingtheadoptionratesofsmartphonesandtablets.

2. Gartnerpredicts75%ofU.S.householdswillhavesmartspeakersby2020.

StatsfromtheNPRSmartAudioReport

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Beawareofartificialintelligenceanditsinfluenceontechtrends

• Watch10TechTrendsinJournalism:10thAnniversaryEdition!• https://ona17.journalists.org/sessions/techtrends/

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• Audioblocks• $149/year

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