Archive for Archive for May, 2009
Great Quote
Anyone can count the seeds in a melon. It takes vision to count the melons in a seed.”
— Unknown
Free Conference Videos
I’m always interested in varied conference videos available online, particularly when they are free.
Here is a link to four recent conferences that you may (or may not) find interesting.
Check it out.
Slow Down
"In a faster world, maybe we need a slower church."- Leighton Ford
One thing that people often don’t understand about church is the amount of time that we are willing to spend. In a world of text messages and email we need time to slow down to worship, to synchronize our minds and thoughts with the [...]
Friday Freebie: Your Church Digital Magazine
Here is the link to the current issue of Your Church magazine. You can also get a complimentary subscription but unfortunately they don’t send it to Canada! AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH.
Anyway, here is the link. http://www.christianitytoday.com/yc/digital/current/
What Does Your Building Say? Part 3: Signage
This week Cindy and I visited the College our oldest daughter will be attending in the fall. John Abbott College is home to 5700 full time students and 2000 part time students. When we went in for the parents meeting we really had no idea of where we were going until we walked through [...]
Free: The Expanded New Testament
Coming on August 11, 2009, Thomas Nelson and Co. will be releasing the "Expanded Bible" New Testament. You can currently download it free as a .pdf file here. Before you download the you should make sure that you have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.
According to Wayne Hastings of Thomas Nelson:
It meets [...]
Facebook Advertising Update
It’s now been about a month since we started running our ad on Facebook.
In the first campaign we had approximately 1.3 million impressions and 261 clicks. The vast majority of those clicks came from Facebook users in the 13-24 demographic. Our second campaign which is targeting the over 25 demographic (same ad) has now [...]
Mind Mapping Software For PC Or Mac
A couple of weeks ago I was introduced to a new organizational concept called "Mind Mapping". The resident software guru at our church was telling me about the program that they were using to help them with their software projects.
Initially I admit that I was skeptical, however, since the software was free I decided to [...]
What Does Your Building Say? Part 2
The first message that an unchurched person from the neighborhood will often hear is the one declared by the church property. It’s not so much a matter of architecture or design as it is maintenance and upkeep.
While some styles of buildings proclaim a message - the gothic cathedral type speaks of liturgical worship complete with [...]
Leadership Summit Free Stuff
I just received a promo email for Willow Creek’s Leadership Summit and "Summit Sunday"
Of particular interest among the free materials available are the following talks on video that are available for download:
Bill Hybels - Holy Discontent
John Ortberg - A Leader’s Greatest Fear
Craig Groeschel - IT
Catherine Rohr - Risk Taking, Barrier Breaking, Bold Leadership
Gary Haugen - [...]
