August is here and our superhero tanlines are beginning to show…
Archives for August 2013
Saturday Sunday Share #112
The Making & Distribution of LEGO Bricks
The journey from tiny pieces of specialty plastic to a brick you find in your favorite LEGO set doesn’t happen on its own.
Beyond the Brick has created a great chart that takes you through each step of the process:
The Importance of Responsive Websites [Infographic]
Mobile computing is here to stay and if you are not prepared, you may be going the way of the dinosaur. The problem with most organizations, churches hugely included, is they build website free of mobile devices, leaving them only viewable form a desktop. What this means is that the experience on a mobile device is designed specifically for the small screen and different than a desktop or iPad device. This intentional investment can lead to significant returns on investment, as you will see below.
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En Dash, Em Dash: What Are They and How To Use Them
Ah, yes, the subtleties of writing.
I make my fair share of grammar and spelling mistakes. Strike that. I make more than my fair share of grammar and spelling mistakes. As Editor of ChurchMag, mechanics is not my strong suit. I find plenty of errors, usually posts not written by me, but as for a squeaky grammar publication, ChurchMag is not. What makes matters worse, is that I may be the worst offender. Thankfully, we’re pretty informal as we present our information; but that doesn’t mean that I, or we, don’t care about our grammar and spelling!
So, as I corrected another instance of an en dash being used instead of an em dash, let me pass my knowledge along to you.
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Send Your VBS Curriculum Kit Into a Corner and Let It Die
Summer means two things for most churches: summer camps and Vacation Bible School. My church is no different. Just a few weeks ago our church played host to about eighty tiny, screaming youngsters. And it was awesome!
While cleaning up, I was speaking with our new children’s pastor about how next year we’d probably adopt a newer VBS model, ditching our traditional “five-weekday sprint” for an “eight-week Wednesday night marathon.” It was in the midst of this discussion that I said, “Setting VBS up like that will make it easier to write our own curriculum, so we won’t have to buy one.”
She replied, “Totally, and with Pinterest, we won’t even need a craft guide. I mean, look around! This was all done with Pinterest.”
That’s when it hit me: Pinterest killed the VBS packet.
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