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Welcome! At Signs and Wonders we sift through the World Wide Web looking for evidence of emerging religious futures. Our mission is to provide our readers -- religious futurists, ministers, and just plain spiritual people -- with a guided tour of the web, stopping wherever we see the future of faith unfolding before our eyes. We update this site every three days or so, so come back again and join us on our next trip. If you want to comment on anything you read here or discuss religious futures in general, come over to our forum. |
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March 10, 2000 [feature] -- Futures Sermons from an "Aquachurch" by Cody Clark at 9:10 AM (EST)  Ginghamsburg Church is featured in Leonard Sweet's book "Aquachurch" and has as dynamic a web presence as any congregation on the Internet so far. The pastor, Mike Slaughter, puts his sermons on the Ginghamsburg web site in several formats, including streaming video and audio. Slaughter gave a series of sermons addressing futures in 1999 that did a good job of relating scriptures to the future in an accessible way. Two of the best, in my opinion, are "A Prepared Future: Ready or Not" and "Imagine God's Future". These sermons have been out there a while, but I wanted to draw attention to them before they slip too far off into the murky depths of internet archives. They are too good to miss. [technological] -- Will transhumanism require new ministries? by Cody Clark at 8:35 AM (EST) Transhumanism enthusiasts, like the members of the World Transhumanism Association, herald new advances in genetics, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence as the way to radically transcend what are now considered the boundaries of humanity. Not so fast, says this article in Next-Wave Magazine. The author, Eric Stanford, is wary of the effects of the new technologies on those who will be left behind or for whom the technologies will fail -- those he dubs "Re-humans". Stanford forsees a whole new area of ministry to those people who cannot afford the new technologies -- will the future poor be truly "less human" than the future rich? Widening gaps in income and in access to technology are an established trend. This scenario extends the gap in a new, more personal way and stands to substantially change the field of social justice ministry. [economic] -- Theme park Cathedral in France by Cody Clark at 8:02 AM (EST) Utne Web Daily reports of the latest French theme park called Cathedraloscope. It is an authentic, working Cathedral in which visitors can learn about the architectural, historical, and cultural aspects of the cathedral, and soak up the spiritual atmosphere. Religious tourism is well established, but Cathedraloscope seems to take it to a new, more commercialized level. It bears watching to see if this park catches on and if we might be seeing an emerging trend -- religious theme parks. |
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