OFF THE BLOG is a one night encounter with these three well known bloggers in Atlanta this Thursday evening, February 26th,  and sponsored by CATALYST ONE DAY.   You won’t want to miss this night of authentic and truthful conversation.  The three bloggers are some of the most influential in the ministry world.

Jon Acuff (stuffChristiansLike.net), Anne Jackson (flowerdust.net) and Carlos Whittaker (ragamuffinsoul.com), who just may be on a blogging sabbatical during the event, are joined by Aaron Keyes for worship.

Registration is free if you’re coming to Catalyst ONE DAY in Atlanta.

Just pick up a wrist-band at the registration area. Otherwise, tickets are $10.

Kent Shaffer, known around our house as the human encyclopedia of all things “church statistics” related, and known to the blogosphere as Church Relevance, has compiled a substantial research list of the Top 60 Church Blogs.

Likely you can guess what my favorite thing about this list is.   And no, it’s not the fact that I appear on it.

It’s that I love seeing the uniqueness of the body represented in the blogosphere.  This list displays diversities of giftings… Pyromaniacs side by side with The Ooze, The Resurgence along with three female bloggers (Anne Jackson, Kem Meyer & myself), Ragamuffin Soul & Desiring God all on one list, each of us standing side by side serving God.  The list reminds me how particularly individual the gifts, assignments and callings of of God are in each of us.

Thank you, Kent, for serving the global body of Christ by painstakingly compiling the data and producing the work that saves so many of us research time.

Who would you add to this list, especially if it were Top 100?

Beautiful resources for creative churches using media can be had for FREE! throughout the rest of this month. 

Worship House Media is generously offering a free Daily Download from December 1 on so there’s no reason not to grab a whole slew of downloads.  Come back each weekday and download the freebie, and be sure to check out the featured producers Christmas offerings as well!

The Idea Camp is a free hybrid conference for idea-makers to share, network, and implement ideas.  The Idea Camp will gather some of the most innovative and creative leaders from around the country to share ideas, intentionally network, and move collaboratively into idea-making.

Whether your passion is church leadership, non-profit work, social entrepreneurialism, technology, media, creativity, culture making, church planting, spiritual formation, compassionate justice, etc., this is the conference for YOU!

Here’s a beta list of the facilitators at The Idea Camp:

Brad Abare (http://www.thinkpersonality.com / http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com)
Shah Afshar (http://www.shahshankredemption.blogspot.com)
Greg Atkinson (http://www.gregatkinson.com)
Eric Bryant (http://www.ericbryant.org)
Chris Cannon (http://www.kingsharbor.org)
Dawn Carter (http://www.decarter.wordpress.com)
DJ Chuang (http://www.djchuang.com / http://digital.leadnet.org)
Mike Foster (http://www.ethur.org / http://www.deadlyviper.org)
Dave Gibbons (http://www.davegibbons.tv)
Keith Kall (http://www.worldvision.org)
Charles Lee (http://www.charlestlee.com)
James Pearson (http://www.jamestravels.com)
Matt Russell (http://www.myvcc.org/uturn)
Greg Russinger (http://www.just4one.org)
Jeff Shinabarger (http://www.jeffshinabarger.com)
Cynthia Ware (http://www.thedigitalsanctuary.org / http://digital.leadnet.org)
Tony Wood (http://www.generatelife.com)
Robert Yang (http://www.kindlejoy.com)

iDEA NATION is a social network designed to link believers together who have a passion for creating new innovative and creative strategies for ministry endeavor.  iDEA NATION, built on Ning, is the brainchild of Josh Webb and is designed to be a space where ministry ideas are shared, explored, collaborated on, etc.

iDEA NATION invites new concepts and ideas so whether your ministry projects are tested or have never been used before, all are welcome to contribute.  Obviously, you’ve got to join to participate.

The site looks good and it’s primary drawback, at this point, seems to be lack of content & membership.  It appears that around 90 people have signed up.  Likely, since it’s a new network, membership will grow and resources accumulate.

Whether you’re a seasoned ministry leader with innovative ideas to share or a novice looking for resources, you can check out iDEA NATION at: http://www.goideanation.org.