I’ve enjoyed sharing some tweets in the Church Tech Snack Packs, lately, and this week is no different!
In fact, I’ve included a few more than I usually do.
Here’s to another week! Enjoy!
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by Eric Dye
I’ve enjoyed sharing some tweets in the Church Tech Snack Packs, lately, and this week is no different!
In fact, I’ve included a few more than I usually do.
Here’s to another week! Enjoy!
I talk about my life, short gaming history recap, and what I’ve been using Minecraft for on the ChurchMag Minecraft Server.
I also talk about wearing many hats…
by Jeremy Smith
This is the third article in a series where I am looking at finding the best desktop PC I can build for myself in $1,200 or less with a small monthly budget to improve it as we go. The last article, I showed off the standing desk I got on a budget which is the perfect setup.
So where do we go from here? For some people, it’s all about the CPU. Others it’s about the video card. For me, it’s being practical with the best case that is actually going to house this whole thing. I’ll have a couple of other pieces that need to be included with it including a power supply, keyboard, and mouse, but those are straight forward.
[Read more…] about The Best Case for My Desktop Computer [Case Study]
[Note: This is part two in a series discussing practical, pastoral uses of an iPad. You might find it helpful to start with part 1.]
A pastor’s number one job is not to feed the sheep or even to tend to the flock in his* own home. A pastor’s number one task is to keep himself in submission to his Shepherd, to be continually recommitting himself to a deepening relationship with Jesus. That might sound trite, but it’s so very true. Too many pastors sacrifice both their spiritual health and their families for the ministry: this is not what God has called them to do. A good shepherd makes sure that he is right with God so that he can rightly care for his family—his first calling as a husband and father—and the church.
Given that, an iPad could serve quite well as a tool for guiding and energizing our spiritual development. That that end, let’s now look at several iPad apps that can be used for this purpose.
[Read more…] about The Pastor and the iPad: Spiritual Development [Series]
I’ve been in search of a calendar app that I like, but also will do what I would like it to do. There are many apps that do the calendar service app thing. Nearly every phone has a calendar on it including most “dumb phones.” So why is it that we have multiple calendar apps if there is a stock one on our phone itself? For me, it’s because I have a basic need for a calendar, but also have very particular things I want in my calendar app. [Read more…] about Sunrise: My Search for a Calendar App
by Greg Simmons
Disasters happen everywhere. There is no special bubble of protection surrounding churches that protect them from disasters. The key is planning for and responding to disasters instead of simply reacting to disasters when they occur.
But how?
Planning. Many people focus on the first two words of Disaster Recovery Planning and focus too little on the last. It is difficult and sometimes impossible to recover from a disaster without proper planning.
Seriously, though, what disasters do churches face? These range from the simple to the complex.
[Read more…] about Disaster Recovery Planning and the Church