The Digital Sanctuary

According to Wikipedia, BlogDay (August 31st every year) is celebrated by bloggers from all over the world posting the recommendations of 5 new blogs, preferably, blogs different from their own culture, point of view and attitude.
On this day, blog surfers will find themselves leaping and discovering new, unknown blogs, celebrating [...]

Peter Otvos is planting a Foursquare Church in Watsonville, California.  He is currently bi-vocational and utilizes podcasting to multiply the hours in his busy, weekly schedule supplementing his “official” work time with preparation for his real calling.  Here’s his take on the spiritual advantages of an iPod particularly as used [...]

Futurists and critics are fond of thinking of church/religion as a dinosaur of the past facing almost certain extinction. However, the future of the 21st century Church is completely secure. The Body of Christ has been carefully preserved like the Word of God, throughout the ages by the power [...]

Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D. C. offers insight on the unparalleled current opportunity for Christians to steward technology (see “Cultural Mandate” – Jack Hayford). Mark is a great example of an innovative pastor who is embracing technology as a tool both for spreading the gospel [...]

Kevin McKenna, technology editor at the NY Times, answers readers’ questions about computers, technology and the future. He notes that digital technology, and especially the Internet, will continue to change many dimensions of everyday life including the way we get our information, shop, get medical care, buy homes, form relationships, practice [...]

If churches and pastors want to connect with a wider audience, build new relationships and influence hearts and minds we need to communicate more effectively in today's digital world.  Having a traditional website and sending out a monthly email newsletter is better than nothing but it does not make churches effective communicators?
Hopefully churches [...]

You heard right. In the latest boost to its dominance of portable music players, Apple Computer Inc. has teamed up with GM, Ford and Mazda to integrate the iPod into their car audio systems according to CNN.  Ford says it will offer the iPod integration as a dealer- installed option called "TripTunes Advanced." GM [...]

Articulate as always, Jack Hayford, President of the Foursquare Church, comments in his blog post Waltzing with the World (July 20, 2006) – Today's world is shrinking, fast-changing and stunningly diverse, and it calls for sensitive and skilled leadership who can deliver God's Word in ways that "fit the world" they're reaching to.
Further, this [...]