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Would you like to get solid biblical teaching into the hands of hungry African Pastors? So would we!
This is the beginning of a new ministry with the goal of utilizing millions of unused iPods to make disciples and carry the Gospel to all nations. The concept is simple. You donate your iPod, we pack it [...]

Chad Lewis is one of the awesome pastors at my church. He had been blogging for years but took a break for awhile. When he decided to get back into it he looked around and realized that blogging had come a long way. He felt like his old blog account with blogger was inadequate. We [...]

The more I use Twitter, the more I like it. I don’t like it for the sake of new technology, rather I have come to believe it is a tool that can deeply enhance relationships. Some balk at the idea of telling or knowing what others are doing and thinking, but aren’t these key components [...]

When I started to write this post, I thought it would be easy to come up with what God would Twitter. I eventually gave up trying to be theologically perfect and just cranked it out. The exercise of trying to figure it out turned out to be a pretty good meditation.
What do you think God [...]

Ask successful entrepreneurs what experiences have taught them the most. If they are humble they will recount a failed venture that was desperately painful, but taught them key lessons that help them to be successful today.
One technique I use for winning at games I’ve never played before is to intentionally lose. After a couple of [...]

C.S. Lewis and S.M. Lockridge did not give me permission to create or share these. Should I remove them from the web immediately? Any fair use legal advice would be GREAT!
Mere Christianity Mixes
C.S. Lewis’s audio book “Mere Christianity” dubbed over mixes of ambient house, drum n bass and electronica.

Here to hear more…

S.M. Lockridge’s [...]

 
Vimeo is a video sharing website similar to YouTube, but it offers a MUCH better experience. Not only does Vimeo have a better design and layout than YouTube but it is cleaner and doesn’t excessively push negative content to every page.
Why Vimeo is better than YouTube:

Cleaner, Safer and more family friendly*
Much more [...]

If You Only Read One Thing On This Blog, Read This

This post might be the most important post I have written. It deals with the basic building blocks of social media. There is a mountain of great tools and technologies that can be found online today, the key is to learn what I call the [...]

How To “ChaCha”: Send a Text Message to 242242 (ChaCha) and ask ANY Question
Your text message will then be forwarded to an actual person with an expertise related to what you are asking. After about 3-5 minutes you will receive a text message with an answer, a link to the source, and info about the [...]

Its nice to have separate Twitter accounts for different ministries and church groups. Some of the possible uses include:

Daily Thought/Prayer/Verse Related to Sermon Series or Group Study
Morning Prayer and Meditation Spark
Reminders to Pray for Specific Items
Daily Spiritual Challenges

Signing up for the individual accounts is easy… Managing them day to day can be difficult.

I have recently been asked by multiple pastors and missionaries how they can play YouTube videos without having to be at YouTubes website. The problems are obvious…

The 2 Obvious Problems when Trying to Use YouTube in a Sermon or Presentation
Problem#1 YouTube Has Inappropriate Preview Images
This is not good if you want to show a video [...]

How RSS Benefits folks in Church and Ministry

Absorb large amounts of useful information without being overwhelmed.
Make an easy way to keep up with news and information thats important to you.
Create a constant stream of new ideas for your church and ministry.
Keep up with multiple members, church leaders, and group blogs.
Have daily devotionals and [...]

Social networks up to this point have had several major shortcomings:

Substantial time investment to get even a semi completed profile.
Too many features to fiddle with.
Distasteful advertisements.
Difficult to maintain current information.
Must be at a computer to update.
Hard to get non-tech savvy people to join.

The Solution: Twitter - Social Networking for Busy and Non-Tech Savvy People
Twitter [...]

My life long friend Tony Coulombe is in the process of founding a new missions organization called the Mustard Seed Global Fellowship. They are headed for Japan and have an awesome vision of building Christian communities there. Tony has a lot of money to raise to be able to accomplish the mission so to help [...]