Book Review: “WordPress for Dummies, 2nd Edition”

Posted by Dr.D | June 30, 2009 .

By Lisa Sabin-Wilson (Hoboken,NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2009, 394 pages) Second Edition is quite an improvement over the already excellent original. It is the essential book for those using WordPress in publishing a blog. This edition is updated to feature version 2.7+ which reflects the last major program change. The writer introduces one to the [...]

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Where do You Put Your Time?

Posted by Dr.D | June 6, 2009 .

(Image by Kristina B via Flickr) Here’s an article that got me started thinking about this issue: “Don’t Build Your Platform, Build Your Message” by Anne Jackson. In bouncing off several of the points in that article I began to evaluate where I was spending most of my time in blogging—was it really in posting [...]

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Start Your Own Blogging Community

Posted by Dr.D | May 23, 2009 .

Found this at BlogPerfume. Here is a site- Blogs.mu -that gives you the opportunity to host your own blogging community. You can start out for free but for less that $1 per blog you can use your own domain and eliminate the advertising or even add your own. I have looked at a number of [...]

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Middle East: Blogging Can Get You Killed!

Posted by Dr.D | May 13, 2009 .

(Medina by Shabbir Siraj via Flickr) Blogging can get you killed in the Middle East! This is one of the facts you face in ministry to certain areas around the world. In America and in the West we are free to communicate our religious ideas and teachings to others, but not so in Muslim dominated [...]

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National Day of Prayer

Posted by Dr.D | May 7, 2009 .

Today is the National Day of Prayer—Thursday, May 7,2009. Please remember to pray for our nation that God’s grace and mercy will sustain us through all of the present difficulties facing our country. Here’s a link to the website: National Day of Prayer if you would like to participate in one of the sponsored activities.

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National Day of Prayer on Thursday

Posted by Dr.D | May 5, 2009 .

The National Day of Prayer is coming up soon on Thursday this week (May 7). Here’s a link to the website: National Day of Prayer if you would like to participate in one of the sponsored activities.

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Create Your Own Social Network for Your Church or Ministry Group

Posted by Dr.D | May 2, 2009 .

Create your own ‘social network’ for your church members, ministry, or youth group. Here’s a free service that gets it done: Grou.ps Or for a small fee, Ning is always a good option. Why have your own network and not use Facebook or MySpace –after all lot’s of folks are already on those networks? It [...]

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“7 ways your youth ministry can use twitter effectively”

Posted by Dr.D | May 1, 2009 .

Found this on PART OF THE GLUE blog—some good suggestions: “7 ways your youth ministry can use twitter effectively” : 1. Information, Information, Information….Use it as a free communication tool that can inform parents, leaders and students of upcoming information. <<Read the Rest>>

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