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Archives for April 2015

Listed #23 of Top 300 Christian Blogs for Ministry


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The 12th edition of the Church Relevance Top 300 Christian Blogs for Ministry was released a few weeks ago. You'll find solid, long standing blogs, as well as new blogs and resources that have risen further or landed on this EPIC list for the first time. I highly recommend you give the list a look. This year, ChurchMag is honored to find ourselves several spots higher than last year, at #23. I would like to tell you that we had some kind of grand master plan and because of that, we moved up on ... Read More

Tech-Free Dinner Time with a Twist


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We had to make a new rule at our house: No devices at the dinner table. We've always guarded our family time around meals. We've always strived to avoid dinner around the TV. Sure, there are exceptions, like pizza and a movie. You know, fun stuff like that. So when we began to feel screens creeping into our normal meal times, we had to put an end to it. Everyone is following along and there are consequences to any violators. I think the key to our success, is that we acted on it before it ... Read More

Collaborate Globally with Video Conferencing


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Even a small local business can have big needs, even global needs, in terms of supply chain, staffing, sales, and other departments. Meeting these needs in a cost-effective and creative way can expand your reach and enhance communications between your far-flung staff, suppliers, and contractors. Using cloud supported video meetings to meet these needs is a great way to bring everyone one into the room. ... Read More

Unprogrammed: 02 What Nehemiah Can Teach Church Tech


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At this time in my life, my favorite book of the Bible, on a personal level, is Nehemiah in the Old Testament. The Gospels are always important to salvation, but I find myself in my church tech role connecting with Nehemiah. One of the great things that I have been able to do is a devotional for myself within this book and found correlations between what Nehemiah has done to serve the Church and Kingdom of God in very practical ways, much like the sound booth and presentation controller run the ... Read More

By The Numbers [Series]


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I've released my first book, By The Numbers, which you can get on our Churchmag Press site here as well as a series of articles giving some back story to why we had posted the article. But we want to make this specific page as a landing page for everything that is going to go on with this series as I recognize this is going to be at least a one year endeavor with more articles with follow up data, interviews of social media, and web managers with some of these churches, and a look at some of the ... Read More

The RPG Productivity Player’s Guide: Nuking and Spiking to Create Maximum Impact


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[This is part 3 in the RPG Productivity Player's Guide series.] When playing a game, sometimes you’re content to simply have fun while playing, while at other times you want to make progress as soon as possible. If there’s an enemy bothering you, or a target you need to destroy to advance, nuking it with a powerful spell or an actual nuke may be your best course of action. Nuking and spiking assure maximum impact on the target. Let’s translate that into real life. The goal of this series is to ... Read More

All About Bootstrap [Infographic]


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Twitter Bootstrap is a blessing for web designers and developers who have always sought a platform that allows them to reuse code blocks without having to invest time in extensive testing, or developing their personal library of CSS files. Creating smart and stylish web projects becomes simpler than ever with Bootstrap, offering you a fully customizable platform to build sophisticated and functionally rich web projects in minimal time. With 12 column grids, design components and layouts, and ... Read More

Beyond God’s Limits: Tech Lessons from Babel


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I've always been intrigued by the story of Babel from the book of Genesis. It's pretty unique, as Bible stories go. 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may ... Read More

Please Help Us Pick A Hashtag! [Podcast #51]


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After several conversations have erupted on Twitter and Google+ about the ChurchMag Podcast, we've decided that it's time for us to pick a hashtag. Hashtags are a great way for everyone to be a part of a larger conversation, and since you are a part of that conversation, we thought it would be awesome if you could help us bake it up. Here's more info... ... Read More