Sacramental philosophy, anyone?

Tuesday 23 June 2009 1:39 AM

If you're confused about which world you're in, try this one for size: Virtual Holy Communion? at Brownblog ..

But seriously, there is some real wrestling here for leaders in the C21st church. The virtual world is an undeniable reality (now there's another line for the philosophers ... ). And heaven knows, we have some missional challenges ahead of us. Challenging enough reaching spiritually lost people in a physical world. Now we're talking about finding, reaching and winning them through their avatars in Second Life or some other virtual world.

Technophile though I am, I haven't even entered Second Life, and wouldn't know where to start. I don't know whether to regard such a prospect as a massive distraction from the "real" world where I could face a real encounter with my real wife who thinks I'm real-ly too distracted from real-ity already, or whether to welcome it as a gospel frontier just waiting for one such as I to answer the call ...