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Here’s an excerpt from the Echo Conference blog to celebrate Echo Conference ‘09….
One of the things we’re most excited about for this year’s Echo experience is our panel discussion featuring Bobby Gruenewald, Carlos Whittaker, Conway Edwards, Cynthia Ware, and Scott Hodge.  The panel will be a free-flowing conversation that covers current and future trends in [...]

ECHO is an annual conference for church leaders that love using media, technology, and the internet to be more effective in sharing God’s story.  Conveniently hosted in Dallas, it’s easy for everyone to get there.
Make your plans to attend ECHO again this year and join us for breakouts with this amazing list of ECHO breakout [...]

The ECHO Conference 2009 dates are set, the website’s up, and speakers are being added.  If you have any interest in church multi-media & technology, you won’t want to miss it.
Besides great keynote speakers, it’s a wonderful nerworking opportunity located centrally in Dallas.  This year it will be held at Irving Bible Church.
Just some of [...]

I’m always excited to get a new edition of COLLIDE Magazine. I also like to watch them experiment and try new things like the COLLIDE Show.  Just days ago, COLLIDE spotlighted a ministry I love, New Hope Christian Fellowship in Hawaii.   I was happy to see New Hope spotlighted because it has a special place [...]

Just got a Facebook message from graphic savant, Barton Damer, that he’s put up a blog to serve those interested in using church media.  Although I’ve been a fan of Bart’s work for some time and even interviewed him here at The Digital Sanctuary in a three part series earlier in the year, I hadn’t [...]

A conference for church leaders that love using media, technology, and the internet to be more effective in sharing God’s story.

This Thursday through Saturday, Dallas will host the ECHO Conference.  If you have interest in using media, technology and the internet to be more effective in ministry, then Echo is for you.
Hosted by Watermark Church [...]

 
This is the final post in the Barton Damer Interviews, a brief series designed to spotlight the visual media of an artist serving the Church in an innovative way.  Barton's work, an artistic feast for those hungry for new and creative ways to express faith, is easy to access through the links found below and [...]

ECHO Live VJ clips from barton Damer on Vimeo.
Background and Training Yes, I know you've been waiting for it, in his own words…..
I began truly seeking the Lord around 16 years old…  but a very large movement in my life from the Lord was when I was 18.  I was taking Public Relations as a [...]

Barton Damer Interview, Part 2

In this ongoing series of posts, I explore the creative genius of Barton Damer, a leader in innovative graphic arts, design and media.
Barton began his career at a secular design firm in the Washington, D.C. area.  (The story of his conversion to Christianity will be in the next post.)  [...]

 
Recently, COLLIDE Magazine published an article I wrote (Technology and the Virtual Church) and used some cool graphics with it that caught my attention.  Somehow, they felt familiar, like I'd seen the style before.  In fact, I was certain of it.
Then I realized I'd seen similar artwork at conferences, on t-shirts, in video and [...]