Sometimes I need a reminder that God really doesn’t need all of our creative strategies, technologies, tactics and ideas to help build His church. Don’t get me wrong, I deeply respect the amazing people I often work with who use their best skills, talents and abilities throughout the best hours of their days to introduce […]
I would like to send an apology out to those of you who added comments to my blog. I so much appreciate your input and encouragement. I recently moved to TypePad. My previous service provider, who did serve me well, just didn’t offer some of the functions I needed. Unfortunately, I was not able to […]
My family and I just returned from a little vacation in Wisconsin. The weather wasn’t very good so we didn’t get to spend much time outdoors. Still, we made the most of it, spending some time shopping in town. My wife can attest to the fact that I am not much of a shopper. However, […]
With regard to technology, One of the biggest concerns that comes my way has to do with figuring out how to keep from alienating groups of people as we strive to leverage technology to facilitate ministry. A 23 year grandson had a creative way to capture the legacy and wisdom of his grandma. The following […]
While doing some research today I was lead to a post on http://arstechnica.com. The post highlighted a study presented by the Online Publishers Association and Nielsen/NetRatings which stated the following…. According to OPA, about 34 percent of Internet users’ time was spent reading content in 2003—at that time, content came in second to “communications,” which […]
August 22, 2007 by mgold.It seems to me that the church gets stuck on petty consumer issues like: Which computer platform is better?… Microsoft or Macintosh…What a shame…Church leaders today need to be educated on the how technology truly impacts our world strategically. They need to take ownership in the fact that for better or […]
Before I begin… I just want to say that I realize I may be “preaching to the choir” with this post, many of you have already had some of the same thoughts, many of you already imagine the same possibilities. I pray that this post might give voice to those same sentiments. Especially as the […]
I found this very interesting study regarding the popularity of Social Networking a few weeks ago. I find it very compelling that there is so much activity in this space. While I believe that there are obvious dangers for the church if it were to get involved in this virtual space. I also believe that […]