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7 Tips to Improve Your Story for Your Church


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One of the biggest things I realized was vastly important when I was in youth ministry was that telling a story was important. Whether to teenagers, parents, or community partners, they were seeing my ministry at some capacity, even when I was not intentionally crafting it. Further, as a social media and blogging manager, this became the primary focus of my job.

The ultimate question was, who is defining what the story is: You or others?

This article helps you to improve how to tell your story better.

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Google ATAP at I/O 2016


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By far, my favorite moments of I/O 16 happened on the ATAP stage. Watching a Google ATAP presentation is like living in the future. ATAP is Google’s “future” department. They make crazy things happen in crazy timeframes.

It’s like one big internal competition: How can we shake stuff up even more?

Let’s take a look at the three big projects and what they might have in store for us techies in the near future.

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Two Key Questions to Ask of Any New System


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We often have a natural tendency to solve problems with systems. Systems don’t necessarily mean computer systems, in case you wonder, but refer to any and all organized, structured solutions, like a program, an app, a formal document, or a procedure.

This systems tendency in itself is not wrong, as many problems can indeed be solved with a good structure or process. But there are two questions you need to ask before designing and implementing any system—and that’s a step many people forget. [Read more…] about Two Key Questions to Ask of Any New System

Rebuilding 01: A Church Tech Calling [Devotional]


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If you would like to purchase the full devotional for yourself or your church, you can purchase Rebuilding: A 19-Week Devotional For Those Serving In Church Technology now at ChurchMagPress in print-ready format.

“The true calling of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.”
Arthur Stanley

We will be reading through Nehemiah 1:1-4

If we look at the time of the Old Testament, a thousand years before Jesus’ birth, we see a kingdom from God that is reaping the consequences of their actions. They are a nation-state that was under the rule of God, sinning in nearly every task they were given, and ultimately punished through conquer and conquest. The power that was Israel and Judah before and during David’s reign is no more. Jerusalem lies in ruins after having been sacked. Many of God’s people have been captured and turned into servants under Nebuchadnezzar, a foreign king. This is the historical context for the book of Nehemiah.

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The Church Tech Devotional [Podcast #109]


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This past week ChurchMag Press released a brand new Church tech devotional (announcement post) written by very own Jeremy Smith. ?

Naturally, we decided it would a fun topic on the podcast.

Jeremy talks about the motivation behind the devotional and shares a “behind the scenes” look at it’s creation, while Phil provides his stamp of approval and Eric rambles.

Enough words, take a listen:

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