The world around us is changing fast. This is most apparent in the world of technology. Even at age 35 (which I consider young), I find it difficult to keep up with all of the technological changes in our world. Enter my pastor-friend, Jason Poling, into this mix of our ever-changing world and technology…

Instead of being apathetic or scared of our fast-paced world and the technology changes around us, he has embraced these changes by entering the Metaverse. “The Meta, what?” you ask. The Metaverse is the world of virtual reality and my friend, Jason, is harnessing this strange new world to facilitate digital worship…

I was pretty skeptical myself when I first heard Jason promote this on his social media feed several years ago, but recently NBC’s The Today Show interviewed my pastor-friend to discuss his adventure into this new territory of relationship building and communication in the Metaverse. Check out this interesting and well-executed five-minute video below…

Disclaimer: I have not thoroughly thought through the implications of virtual reality worship, especially in terms of virtual reality communion and virtual reality baptism. I also have no current plans of entering the Metaverse. I simply find my pastor-friend’s ingenuity and his desire to reach more people with the Gospel to be inspiring…