Archive | October, 2006

A Gifted Blog

I posted on the "other" side of the pond at Jason Clark this morning.
Check it out and use your spiritual giftings to comment……
   Here's a small taste:              
Blogging effectively for the Kingdom of God requires a bit more than sound theology wrapped in a cool theme.  Although I eagerly recommend both excellent theology [...]

Where to blog your faith

Almost certainly, online technology will never be a replacement for corporate church gatherings.  Although our assemblies can take several forms (we know the building itself isn't the church), it's clearly the being together 'of one accord' that has spiritual merit.  Online communications can be an extension of the relationships we have and can, in some [...]

Technology in Ministry

The Global Technology Office of Campus Crusade for Christ categorizes technology operating in three unique ways related to ministry.  All three are important for mission accomplishment and each perspective is understood best when seen in light of the other two.
Direct ministry technologies allow direct connection to people for winning, building and sending.
Catalytic ministry technologies [...]

Internet Evangelism Day, 4.29.2007

Internet Evangelism Day 
Mark you calendar now because …
… over 1 billion people use the Web  … the Internet is changing the world … God is using the Web to transform lives        …“We’d love to use the Web for outreach; teach us”
Internet Evangelism Day is here to tell you about …

what God is doing [...]

What is emerging Web 2.0 & can your church use it?

Part III 
This Web 2.0 series was designed to take some of the mystery out of the concept of the new Web.  Although there is an abundance of information all over the Internet about the newest generation of tech, there are far fewer resources that focus specifically on the church and it's current relationship with Web [...]

What is emerging Web 2.0 & can your church use it?

Part II – Examples of Web 2.0
Although there is little consensus about where Web 1.0 ends and 2.0 begins, there are three attributes of Web 2.0 technologies that stand out: collectivity, interactivity and user-driven content.  These three characteristics tend to accompany (whether individually or in combination) the applications that are known as the participatory Web.  [...]

What is emerging Web 2.0 & can your church use it?

Part I:  A brief history of Web 2.0
When people do a Google search of emerging + church I know they won't expect to land at this particular post.  And yet, attaching the word emerging to Web technology is an accurate way of capturing the partially opaque, partially transparent view we have of the new media [...]

Web 2.0 Conference

3rd Annual Web 2.0 Conference
Although it's invitation-only and sold out, I'm paying close attention to the predications that will be made as a result of this conference.  San Francisco will play host to this third annual gathering in about three weeks. 
According to the website, the event will focus on emerging business and technology developments that [...]

Can you keep the Internet out of your Church?

You gotta love it!  A crew of 4 geek girls won the prize as best hack at the Yahoo sponsored Hack Day last weekend.  Everyone seems to take note of the fact that the team was female.  I'm taking note of what they hacked, a device called Blogging in Motion.
According to Michael Arrington [...]

40 Reasons to Blog

40 Reasons to Blog

Blogging is not without its share of criticism, however it continues to rise both in popularity and in public awareness.  As we continue to explore and evaluate the use, role and impact of new media technologies particularly as they apply to the operation of the Church, I thought I might offer a few constructive reasons [...]