Archive for August, 2007
Protect Your Church Email Addresses From Spam
Posted by: | CommentsreCAPTCHA is a neat tool that protects your email addresses online from the spiders that crawl the web looking to include you in their Spam emails.
Here’s a description:
A CAPTCHA is a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer. You’ve probably seen them — colorful images with distorted text at the bottom of Web registration forms. CAPTCHAs are used by many websites to prevent abuse from “bots,” or automated programs usually written to generate spam. No computer program can read distorted text as well as humans can, so bots cannot navigate sites protected by CAPTCHAs.
And here’s an example of how it works using my email address:
cory…@gmail.com
LifeChurch’s Craig Groeschel Reads Spurgeon
Posted by: | CommentsI figure that headline might get a couple more people to read the great question and answer with LifeChurch.tv’s Senior Pastor Craig Groeschel that Kent has posted today.
I love this quote by Groeschel:
It’s not about you! It’s not about marketing. It’s not about buildings. It’s not about sermon series. It’s not about the music, the lights, or the environment.
IT IS ONLY… ALWAYS… ABOUT JESUS!
He also mentions Blue Ocean Strategy as a resource with one of the biggest impact on him … I already own the book, just haven’t cracked the cover yet … great Labor Day reading now!
MyBigSecretLife.com
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No, it’s really not a website…yet. But I did run across (yawn) another “confess your secret for the world to see and maybe we’ll get some press” website today. Seriously how many of these websites do people need to copy? The site I viewed even has a (yawn) warning:
WARNING: This website is recommended for adults 18 and over. Content contained within could be viewed as adult in nature and we recommend that it should not be viewed by those under 18 years of age.
Ummm…if we are a church then is it really wise that we have a website that we recommend NOT be viewed by peeps under the age of 18? And isn’t this warning enticing enough for a minor to click on it and check it out? It’s like a calling card for them to do it. How many times did your parents tell you not to do something because it was bad but you did it anyways?
Not to mention that I am tired (yawn) of how everyone is copying everyone to get some press or recognition. Please come up with something new! Stand out! Quit being a lemming! That’s my two cents.
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Church Logo Identity Manuals
Posted by: | CommentsGet a Church Logo Identity Manuals… I don’t have one, but this post on logo and identity manuals is a good resource to start one.
How a Pastor Can Prepare for a Radio Interview
Posted by: | CommentsThis week, I got an email from Paul Butler, a freelance producer for Moody Radio’s Prime Time America program, asking to interview me about ministry and blogging for the program. The radio piece will be airing in the next week or so and I’ll give a link once it’s finished. He also interviewed a CCP reader and blogging pastor, Ron Dauphin, who I helped get a blog going.
Anyway, through the interview, I quickly realized, I had never done a radio interview … and that I could learn a lot from Paul’s experience.
So afterward, I emailed him a couple of questions and want to share his answers here. His answers are excellent and will help any pastor or minister prepare for a radio interview.
1. Please tell me about yourself.
I am a homeschooling father of three. I currently teach at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. I teach mostly radio broadcasting and production courses. I graduated from MBI in 1993 with a BA in Communications and received my MA in Communications from Northern Illinois University in 2003. Before teaching I was a senior producer for the Moody Broadcasting Network in Chicago. I currently am a freelance producer for Moody Radio’s Prime Time America and other programs.
I can be found online at www.homeschoolblogger.com/Ebenim and my radio pieces are posted at http://ebenimmedia.vox.com/.
2. How should a pastor prepare for a radio interview? Read More→
