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About Shane

I used to have a career in advertising where I worked on Porsche cars.  Eventually I felt compelled to leave it all and attend seminary in California. After graduating, I became the lead pastor of a small Mennonite church in Arizona. Today I’m a teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids MI.  Despite my vocational whiplash, I have always been driven by one thing– I want to be a catalyst in people’s movement towards God. These days I do that through teaching, speaking, and writing.




Some interviews

INTERVIEW: Introduction & What's Next

INTERVIEW: Brain Candy and Screens

INTERVIEW: Silence and the Still Glass

INTERVIEW: Twitter, Cliches and Iran

INTERVIEW: Virtual Community

INTERVIEW: The Four Questions

INTERVIEW: TV vs. Film

 

Films

The Hidden Power

A film about how technology shapes us

Peanuts, Beer and Letting Go

A film about the art of preaching

The Ultimate Medium

A film about God's greatest creation - You


 

Books

Flickering Pixels

How Technology Shapes Your Faith
Published: 2009

The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture

How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel,
and Church
Published: 2006


 

Teachings

  • Free

    A Vision

    Acts 10 & 11

    01/15/2012

  • Free

    A New Day

    Acts 9

    01/01/2012

  • Free

    The Cry of Christmas

    Luke 2:1-7

    12/25/2011

  • Free

    Accepting the Gift

    Acts 8:26-40

    12/11/2011

  • Free

    Thin Ice and the Spear

    Acts 7

    11/29/2011

  • $2.00

    Anonymous Feet

    Acts 4:5-20

    10/30/2011

Leadership Podcast

The Third-Way Faith Podcast was recorded in 2006 and 2007. It focused on the challenges that leaders of the church face in a rapidly changing culture. With the help of some of my friends I explored issues of faith, culture, media, technology, and church. The title comes from a simple conviction; In a world weary of polarization between right and left, red and blue, liberal and conservative, there exists a third-way beyond, not just between these positions.

 

Blog

  • January

    25

    2012

    How to Find Your Purpose

    We are all here for a reason. We each have a purpose which is unique to us. Our particular blend of passions, talents, limits, and resources all point to our unique calling.  Finding and living from that purpose is one of our tasks in life. This Sunday night at Mars [...]

  • January

    9

    2012

    Reflections on Rob Bell’s Departure

    Yesterday, we had a final service to send Rob Bell into his next calling.  It was a beautiful service the team put together with some incredible moments (thank you Dave Livermore). A number of people over the last few months have been asking how I’m doing since the announcement that [...]

  • December

    27

    2011

    The Soul to Solitude Retires

    “Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.” Omar Khayyam This poem from the great Persian mystic and mathematician seemed appropriate with the approach of the New Year. [...]

 

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