The Digital Sanctuary

It’s day two of Q Conference in Austin, TX and I just want to apologize to readers for my lack of live blogging.  Whenever I am not speaking at a conference I always live blog, microblogging at the very least, and have grown accustomed to participating in the conversations surrounding the speaker talks.  The ‘back [...]

I’ve just landed in Austin and am excited attend the Q Conference starting this morning.
Q is a gathering where innovators, church leaders, social entrepreneurs, and cultural pioneers come together to explore the church’s role in positively contributing to culture.   Q was created as a place for Christian leaders in many different channels of society [...]

Finally, a new Twitter app that’s worth the mention…..
ParaTweet debuted at Catalyst West Coast and was so well received, those of us in the Green Room & VIP lounges were coming out to see it on the big screens in the Mariner’s Worship Center.  Here’s what it looks like (click on the photo to enlarge [...]

Catalyst’s West Coast debut ended yesterday and will never be back!  At least not in the same venue.  As you can clearly see from the photo below, beloved #catwest outgrew it’s Mariner’s Church facility offering nothing but standing room only by day two.

Here’s a shot of Erwin McManus on the Catalyst stage yesterday.  Erwin, a [...]

Today marks the “official” launch of Catalyst West Coast – a huge, inspirational party designed to feature some of the speakers listed in my last blog post.  And create a venue for many innovative ministry related products and services.
You can join us with your very own all-access pass through the Catalyst Green Room site.

Candid shot [...]

Here’s a link fest for those of you who want to familiarize yourself with some of the Catalyst West Coast festivities….
Wednesday evening Before Party hosted by:

Carlos Whittaker

Worship with:

Hillsong United
Steve Fee
Aaron Keyes
Joel Auge

Speakers include:

Andy Stanley
Craig Groeschel
Rick Warren
Guy Kawasaki
Ravi Zacharias
Francis Chan
Brian Houston
Erwin McManus
Perry Noble
Catherine Rohr
Jud Wilhite
Luis Palau

Interactive sessions with:

Dave Gibbons
Alan Hirsch
Blake Mycoskie (Toms [...]

The Christian Web Conference is designed to equip individuals with the vision, knowledge, and relationships that are necessary in order to be thoughtful practitioners and consumers of developing web technologies.  The Christian Web Conference is a re-branding of GodBlogCon.
CWC will take place this year on September 11-12 at Biola University.   After spending the last two [...]

LifeChurch.tv has done it again.  They have pioneered a new iteration of convergence by getting the Facebook team to allow LifeChurch.tv to integrate status updates into their online church Easter experiences and into Facebook itself.   You heard me right.   This is what happens when the Digerati Team eats their vegetables.
Here’s a detailed email I [...]

Earlier today I co-hosted an online webinar with Drew Goodmanson of Monk Development entitled Beyond the Web 2.0 Noise: How to use the Internet to Disciple & Create Real Community.  We had so much to cover that we didn’t exactly get as specific as we will need to in order to provide the best resources [...]

Catalyst West is a gathering of 3000 next generation leaders from all over the world for 3 days of worship, teaching and exploration of what’s possible for the church.  Catalyst is a revolution of ideas: here, you’ll get permission to challenge the process and think unconventionally.  We are a movement of influencers who are passionate [...]