Media & Church COLLIDE with an Echo
Great news if you're looking for the place where media & the Church converge. COLLIDE Magazine has a brand spankin' new, redesigned website. It's less than 48 hours old.
And how can I resist mentioning COLLIDE when several Digital contributors are featured in the magazine's new May/June issue. Odd happenstance? I don't think so; it's more like Spirit-led inspiration if you ask me.
Our Digital contributors in COLLIDE include:
Aaron Linne (Mr. Vimeo himself) His article, Stop Throwing Sheep, explores how we can use Facebook applications to spread the messege.
Cynthia Ware My article, Technology and the Virtual Church, was written to inspire early adopters of new media technologies to forge ahead.
Joe Suh (MyChurch.org founder) Joe's interview explains how social networking can serve local churches and facilitate their members connecting online.
Additionally, there are a lot of other good resources, articles and reviews in the magazine and while you're visiting the new website, it's easy to get a risk-free issue or subscription.
Congratulations again, Tim Stevens, on Pop Goes the Church making the cover with some amazing graphics by Barton Damer. And speaking of Barton and his way good digital media skills… you didn't think I was going to forget to show off some of his video maneuvers did you?
Not when they feature this August's Echo Conference…..
ECHO Full Promo Video from barton Damer on Vimeo.
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