Archive for December, 2006
Decker’s Top 10 Best Communicators of 2006
Posted by: | CommentsBert Decker, author of the excellent book Preaching with Bold Assurance and who blogs at Create Your Communications Experience (I’m a feedreader), has a pretty neat list of the 10 best and worst communicators of 2006.
I thought I’d mention two people on the list with short commentary …
2. Rick Warren - On Christmas day, we watched him on Fox presenting the Gospel. What I love about Rick (I don’t know him personally if you couldn’t guess) is that he knows how to wield marketing practices for use in the mission of the church. His PEACE Plan is revolutionary and I’ll be watching closely (and praying) as he takes the Gospel to the globe.
7. Guy Kawasaki — Guy’s blog How to Change the World is one of the best blogs on the Internet. It’s extremely sharp. And although it’s geared more for entrepreneurs, etc., there’s a lot of useful, applicable information for pastors and churches. His book Art of the Start is worth putting on your bookshelf. Also, his post on the 10/20/30 Rule for PowerPoint is a classic.
Business Blogging 101 … on The Napkin
Posted by: | CommentsI’m doing it again … a blogging 101 series … only this time it’s for entrepreneurs and small business on a new blog I’ve started called The Napkin.
Go check it out: Business Blogging 101.
Although it’s targeted for businesses this time, and I’m rehashing some of the stuff I’ve already talked about here, there’s still plenty of applicable stuff for any blogger who wants to garner a readership.
A WordPress Theme for Churches
Posted by: | CommentsJust thinking off the top of my head, I know of two churches (that I’ve talked with personally) who are using WordPress for their church websites: Rich’s Living Hope and Micah’s Missouri Valley Baptist Church.
Tonight, surfing around, I just discovered a WordPress theme called Delta that looks to be designed for churches (or at least used by a bunch). Here’s a lot of other themes that Tim, the site’s owner, has posted. (Tim, would love to talk with ya, bro!)
As you might suspect, I use WordPress for this blog (and all my others one too) … so I’m quite fond of it. And I think WordPress has tons of potential for bootstrapped churches. (It’s free.)
Case Study: The Q-Drive Youth Ministry Website
Posted by: | CommentsCheck out my church’s Youth Ministry’s new website — Q-Drive.
Here are some details about the site:
- Site is managed using Blogger via their FTP publishing option.
- Template is a tweaked version of Blogger’s Minima template (one of my favorites).
- Total cost: Roughly $9 for domain name. (Our hosting plan includes unlimited hosting of unique domain names.)
- It’s still in beta … we’re still tweaking it.
- I’m hoping to optimize it for search engines.
- We’re using FeedBlitz as a free email newsletter. Our youth pastor posts to the blog, FeedBlitz sees it and sends it out.
- We’re using categories (like For Parents) to distinguish posts for different audiences.
- Flickr is making photo galleries a breeze!
- Tobin Jackson rocks! (Yes, he’s our rockin’ youth pastor!)
Why I Blog … and On Being Snowed In
Posted by: | CommentsAlthough I had seen Mark Batterson’s post “Why I Blog,” when I saw and read Brenton’s similar post, I thought I’d chime in and be a copycat.But before I answer the “Why I Blog” question … I want to show you part of Brenton’s answer. It’s an excellent example (maybe even a definition for personal blogging) of how any Christ-follower could use blogs:
“One reason I blog is because blogging is an easy way for me to record, review, research and recall the things I am learning and the ways I am growing.”
