Moses may not have imagined anything but stone tablets to write the commandments on, but at UC Berkeley the virtual world of Second Life gives us an entirely new way to distribute and share our stories about God, sex and family. More importantly we care about engaging people and creating a dialogue about our stories. The beauty of it is you never even have to leave your pajamas, much less walk or [see entire entry...]

Here’s a spoof of SL in RL, I think you’ll get it soon enough.
There’s also the Wired story from last week and this is definitely my favorite site to just check out what’s hot around religion in SL. As for making money in SL, how about giving it away? I’ll keep posting these up because my Google alerts is inundating me with them, but these are definitely my picks so far.

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Second Life has not yet reached the fate of the Roman Empire as so many SL veterans had predicted it months ago. I think it’s because early adopters of Second Life were just that, early adopters, just as we had the first wave of MySpacers who were then quickly jaded by its appeal to the masses. Now everyone, including my [see entire entry...]

Yes, I confessed in Second Life, not sure exactly to whom, but I assume it was a father of sorts. I didn’t confess anything grave, just things like “Father, I’m a Unitarian-Buddhist now and haven’t set foot in Catholic Church since I was 15, does this count?” It is an interesting thing to think about: are confessions up [see entire entry...]

Al’s Morning Multimedia: It’s a “Second Life” World
Just as Facebook, MySpace and a gazillion other sites sprang up and found life long before mainstream journalists knew about it, a Web site — which may be better described as a Web way of life — called Second Life has millions of devoted users.
University of Maryland professor Don Heider, an old friend of mine from our TV days together in Nashville, is co-authoring a book about [see entire entry...]