Archive for Blogging
Southern Baptist Pastor Killed in Illinois
Posted by: | CommentsMy wife told me about this tragic story of a Southern Baptist pastor being killed in Illinois … and when I saw his name I remembered I had interviewed for a story a couple years ago when I was communications director for Midwestern Baptist Seminary.
Here is the article I wrote for our alumni magazine
Please keep his family and church in your prayers.
4 Reasons to Start Your Own Blog
Posted by: | CommentsRay Griffin, one of my dear friends and mentors, has posted 4 reasons why you should start a blog or website.
iThemes Now Offers Premium Themes for Movable Type
Posted by: | CommentsA couple months ago, iThemes started a great conversation with Anil Dash, a Vice President from Six Apart, about developing premium blog themes for Movable Type – one of the largest Open Source blogging platforms available.
Today we announce our new Movable Type Premium Theme Store from iThemes.
There are three MT themes available; Business Blogger which is FREE THEME DOWNLOAD, Blogging Success (based off of our WordPress version), and soon to arrive Essence. This is an exciting time for us and we are really pumped about this new partnership with Six Apart!
Please check out our Movable Type Theme Store or visit iThemes for our WP Premium Themes.
Uploading Your Sermons to WordPress Blogs
Posted by: | CommentsIn case you haven’t heard about it there is a plug-in for WordPress blogs that allows you to upload your sermons.
Mark Barnes recently sent me an e-mail about his Sermon Browser WordPress Plugin that allows churches to simply upload sermons to their WordPress website, where they can be searched, listened to, and downloaded. It is easy to use with comprehensive help and tutorials.
While I haven’t tried it out personally (because I’m a WordPress dummy) – it sounds really cool! Feel free to check it out for yourself.
Celebrate Freedom: Memorial Day Worship Slides
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Memorial Day is just around the corner (May 26th) so why not get ahead of the game with worship presentation graphics? Becky Martin has released this new theme called Celebrate Freedom through Church Communications Pro and I am offering it for a special price of $20.00 for our CCP readers.
Here are the details:
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Celebrate Freedom | $20.00 for Church Communications Pro readers!
The following download includes:
- Title slide with title
- Title slide without title
- 3 Message point/Scripture slides with title
- 3 Message point/Scripture slides without title
- Style sheet with suggested fonts and colors (note: fonts not included)
Each of the above is provided as a JPEG file in 16:9 Aspect Ratio.
PLUS for this series, the following items are also available:
- 4:3 Aspect Ratio slides
- 11”x8.5” image suitable for bulletin/program cover
- 6”x4” image or larger (with bleed) for postcard or invitation cards
- Image for CD labels
- Layered psd file
Please Note: This image is entirely vector, so any size file can be supplied (billboard, anyone?)
To purchase any of these additional items, please contact Becky at mail(at)cottagedesign(dot) com. Design and Copyright by Cottage Design 2008.
