
Last weekend I attended the Christian Web Conference at Biola University. After a week of marinating in some of the lessons and info gained from that valuable experience I will use this weekend as a time of evaluation and new commitment to the task. The last 3 years I have used the aftermath of the [...]
(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 [...]
New research by The Barna Group shows the divide between different generations and how they approach the new media. This is helpful for church leaders and outreach folks to get a hold of in order to plan more effective ministry to different generational groups. Most churches are adequately reaching the Boomers and the Busters but [...]
Here’s an article by JoeRBennett of Churchsmo blog: “Youth Ministers Need To Be Online“. The ‘money’ quote from the article: “So why do Youth Ministers need to be online? The answer is simple – because that’s where your students spend a lot of their time. The Internet is a mission field in and of itself. [...]
Here is a new WP Plugin for adding pictures and images to your blog. PicApp has 1,000′s of pictures available in their library for immediate use. From their website: “The images are fully licensed, come from the most prestigious content partners such as Getty Images, Splash News, Corbis and alike, these are full size images [...]
Here is an article published on Ministry Today Magazine: “Got Blog”, by John Brandon. It is a short article to help ministers get started blogging. The three main topics: 1. Why Blog? The writer gives good reasons why someone in the ministry might consider blogging as an extension of their ministry. 2. Choose Your Weapon [...]
"How People Blogging Are Changing the World and How You Can Join Them" By Bob Walsh (Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2007, 351 pages) An excellent book on why one should blog and how to get started. Bob suggests that one starts by reading lots of blogs and become initially engaged in the blogoshere by leaving comments. [...]
Thanks to Barry Simmons @ The Journeyman’s Files, I found a link to this recent article on why pastors should blog: "6 Reasons Pastors Should Blog" by Abraham Piper @ Desiring God (John Piper’s website) Abraham starts off with his own reason behind the article: "In this article I want to convince as many pastors [...]
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