The Digital Sanctuary

Typically, we celebrate the mighty works of God in our lives, proclaiming all His goodness, mercy, faithfulness and unfailing love for us.  At other times we are confronted with the undeniable fact that the reason Jesus had to enter the world was because it was broken.   It is a place where depravity can [...]

The Margaret Feinberg interview will continue next week.  Today I pause for Internet Evangelism Day (original brainchild of Dr. Quentin Schultze) and tomorrow for One Day Blog Silence.
Internet Evangelism Day 
Use your Web …
… over 1 billion people use the Web  … the Internet is changing the world … God is using the Web to [...]

Does your heart dance at the very thought of God?  Does your faith create a glowing light so others can find their way?  When you think of the Lord's attributes do you list bighearted, generous, kind, talkative & beautiful?  Maybe not. 
If life has somehow obscured your view of God, if your faith feels tinged [...]

There's a lot of kindness in the blogosphere.   Whether it's another leader offering spiritual counsel, a geek offering technical support, a ministry sharing it's wealth or just a fellow blogger who takes the time to email and strike up a virtual relationship, cyberspace is increasingly resourcing our lives.  
Conversely, like too much of anything, [...]

Later in the week, I'll be recommending an inspiring new book by Margaret Feinberg but before I do, I think it's only fair to confess what I've been reading lately.  I mean, and my Bible too, of course.

Typically, we celebrate the mighty works of God in our lives, proclaiming all His goodness, mercy, faithfulness and unfailing love for us.  At other times we are confronted with the undeniable fact that the reason Jesus had to enter the world was because it was broken.   It is a place where depravity can [...]

Sometimes it's worth stating the obvious.  LifeChurch.tv (Outreach Magazine's winner in the '07 innovation poll) is more than serious about using new media technologies to invade cyberspace with Christianity.  Whether they're freely giving away 'open source' style resources through their LifeChurch.tv/Open site or pioneering an online Internet campus, these over-the-top, tech-savvy pastors and their team [...]

It's time for us WordPress fans to celebrate the "Inform, Influence & Inspire" folks at TypePad.  A handful of my favorite bloggers including Seth Godin, Tony Morgan and Kem Meyer (well, actually too many to list) are TypePad users.
Whether you're an aspiring pastor hoping to blog or an aspiring blogger hoping to pastor, I highly [...]

A U. S. national survey of teenagers released in January conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that more than half (55%) of all of online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites. (view Pdf) The report concludes that kids connecting online has rocketed from a niche activity into a [...]

With Easter just around the corner, I thought it was a great time to recommend Faithvisuals, another excellent source of multi-media resources designed for churches.  I've been reading their newsletters for the last year and I am regularly impressed with the consistency of the quality of their products. They offers a wide range of [...]