Archive for July, 2009

Spirituality for the Rest of Us – Book Review

I just finished Spirituality for the Rest of Us by Larry Osborne and can honestly say I’m thankful for having read it.  I first heard Larry speak at Exponential 09.  I blogged my notes from his session.  Larry said some things in that session that compelled me to pick up his book.  What I enjoyed [ READ MORE ]

Would You Attend a Video Church?

Videoteaching.com has officially released.  It’s a site full of video based sermons.  The idea is that churches can download videos of high quality speakers and play them on Sunday morning at church (or any other venue).  Personally I love this idea.  I blogged about the need for last year in this post.  I think this [ READ MORE ]

Missional Church Marries Attractional Church

What would happen if a missional church and an attractional church came together and started having kids (planting churches)[ READ MORE ]

Bug 09 Shaun King – 10 Thoughts about Building Community Online

All of the rules of building a community off-line still apply! (Be consistent, be transparent, be honest, be a good listener, be responsive, be outgoing, etc.)[ READ MORE ]

Bug 09 Greg Adkinson Using Twitter in the Church

Just finished listening to Greg Adkinson talk about using Twitter.  It was a good basic presentation for those who don’t get it.  Best point was listening through technology.  Here are my notes. If you don’t get Twitter just dive in and embrace. A Couple of Minor Things Before the Main Things A Global Prayer Chain.  [ READ MORE ]

BUG 09 Maurilio Amorim – Deadly Sins of Church Marketing

Here are my notes from the second main session at BUG 09 featuring Maurilio Amorim.  Great introduction to church marketing. The ARC guys have put together a great one day seminar full of information on marketing, social media and how to effectively reach your community. Ignore your Audience Marketing is to your people as much [ READ MORE ]

Bug 09 Blogging for Community Impact

Thanks to everyone who participated today.  I enjoyed the conversation. Here are links to some of the sites I talked about: Newchurches.com Community Targeting Tool Compassion by Design Passion 4 Planting Blog Download my notes for the session here.  There is a short piece on the end about promoting your blog that I wasn’t able [ READ MORE ]

BUG 09 Maurilio Amorim – Social Media Basics

Social Media: A fusion of sociology and technology, transforming monologues (one to many) into dialogues (many to many) and is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into publishers. [ READ MORE ]

Why the Health Care System is Broken

Disclaimer: I know very little about the inner workings about the health care system.  This perspective is completely from a consumer experience. Two years ago I took out a new health insurance policy.  I have a health saving account (HSA) in combination with an emergency health insurance policy.  Here’s how it works.  I pay a [ READ MORE ]

Why Hulu is the Best Format for a Church Website

The bottom line is churches need to learn that sites are not static but constantly changing with new content. It is much more like watching television than reading a letter. The web is ever becoming more social and video driven. The church can either get ahead of the curve and adopt this now or wait another ten years to adopt it when the web has completely changed again. [ READ MORE ]

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