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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Are you blogging? Do you write articles that appear on your church’s website or electronic newsletter? Do you have a Facebook or MySpace account? Have you participated in discussion boards? Have you contributed pictures to Flickr? Do you “tweet“? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you have already begun to “etch” yourself […]
Do You Have An Internet Ministry?
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008This week I’ve been attending a conference in Grand Rapids, MI called the Internet Ministry Conference put on by the same folks who run www.biblegateway.com. It’s interesting to hear marketing folks talk from the perspective of the church. While some would question the use of the word “marketing” in connection with “ministry” or “church”, it […]
Measuring Mass Communications
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008A few years back the Cohen brothers produced a movie parody of Homer’s “The Odyssey” called “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” In that movie, Pappy O’Daniel, a brash southern politician running for reelection struts into a Mississippi radio station and says to his rather dimwitted campaign adviser (his son), ” You don’t tell your pappy […]
Being Social At Church AND Online
Thursday, October 9th, 2008In a recent WELSTech Podcast, Sallie Draper and I discussed the value of online social networks within the church. In my experience I’ve found that churches that have strong participation in fellowship activities have an easier time being “friendly” to visitors, an easier time filling leadership positions or finding volunteers for work days. The act […]
Going Green
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008You hear a lot today about “going green.” No, not just around St. Patty’s Day, but specifically in regard to computing and technology. You will see little “Energy Star” stickers on you monitor, or hear things like ACPI from your computer manufacturers. That simply means that your computer has gotten smarter about using electricity, or […]
In The Cloud - Part Two
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008In my last post I suggested that “cloud computing” was becoming more and more a reality. I then listed some of the benefits of doing computing entirely (or as much as currently possible) with Web 2.0 applications. In essence, not using local applications installed on your computer in favor of those that are web-based. In […]
In The Cloud
Friday, September 5th, 2008This week I had the opportunity to attend a conference that discussed how feasibly it is to do all your computer work “in the cloud”. What that means is that all of your applications are on the web and not housed locally on your computer. That means not only the applications you use to create […]
Promising Online Bible
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Last week at the Church Media conference in Dallas, TX, I was introduced to a new online Bible called YouVersion (www.youversion.com). I’ve used Bible Gateway for some time now, but YouVersion adds a social networking component to the concept. I’d definitely call it a Web 2.0 application. While it’s still in beta it’s worth a look. […]
Church 2.0
Saturday, August 16th, 2008I’m currently sitting in a workshop at the Church Media Conference in Dallas, Texas called Church 2.0. It sounds a little sacrilegious, but it really has nothing to do with theology and more with plain old communication. The great commission talks about “all the world.” The synod exists to help our congregations fulfill that mandate. […]
Your Story
Friday, August 15th, 2008I wanted to provide you an end-of-day post from the ECHO Church Media Conference I’m attending in Dallas this week. One of the keynotes tonight was talking about “story”. Essentially that the Bible is chock full of narratives that draw the reader in and tell God’s story and the story of God’s people over and […]
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