The Digital Sanctuary

Ed Young gets his rap on…..
By referencing a handful of  well known US pastors in this You Tube video rap experiment, Fellowship Church’s Senior Pastor, Ed Young takes ‘using video clips for ministry purposes’ in an unexpected direction.

Ed names Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, Craig Groeschel, John Piper, Andy Stanley, Louie Giglio, TD Jakes, [...]

Beloved Catalyst West comes to SoCal again this year and if you act now (like today) you can still get in on the early bird discount registration.  Hold these dates – April 21-23 and plan to hit Orange County for one of the most inspiring gatherings next generation leaders can experience. Most importantly, you can [...]

Several months back, Relevant Magazine’s Neue Quarterly released the article Multi-Conversation, a three-part conversation on plurality in the Kingdom.  The piece is designed to be an exploration of new trends in church development.  Exploring multi-cultural, multi-generational and multi-site movements, perfectly normal church planter Earl Creps, absolute wild-man pastor Shaun King and myself all review and [...]

Worship Leader magazine just emailed me announcing that DJ Chuang will join the company as Network Developer.   Although I forgot to blog it, I got the privilege of writing for Worship Leader last summer  (Cynthia Ware – Worship Leader’s Toolbox) and have been so impressed with their persistent and ongoing focus on the use of [...]

Zappos is a growing company with a unique culture, an innovative marketing style, and a brilliant reputation.  Compared to most young upstart companies, it’s pretty amazing what they’ve accomplished.
In 10 years Zappos has grown from “nothing” into a billion dollar industry leader, no small feat if you’re just selling shoes!  When this happens in business, [...]

Need a 10 minute project to benefit you for the rest of your 2010?  How about simplifying your life by ordering a digital business card?
If you’re all over the web like so many of us, why not make things easier for people looking for you online?
Go green & paperless by ordering a digital business card [...]

Following yesterday’s You Version post I should probably direct you to a Daily Reading Plan since it can be overwhelming to pick from so many.
If I were just getting started I would use Pastor Wayne Cordiero’s “First Steps” and I know hundreds of people who have benefited from Pastor Wayne’s Bible reading & journaling plans [...]

Exciting news to report from the YouVersion Team.  (thanks @tonysteward)
They’ve just launched 20+ Bible reading plans across their website and their mobile applications.
Although there have been lists and plans out there for while, this is the first time they’ve integrated them into a free Bible platform that offers so many different translations/languages and is on [...]

Dallas Theological Seminary’s Center for Christian Leadership is hosting Shane Hipps, author of Flickering Pixels (my review), for a one day conference in Dallas called The Electronic Gospel: How Technology Shapes Our Faith on February 8th, 2010. Here’s the official description:
A conference about engaging technology with discernment, creativity, and purpose as you articulate the [...]