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Archives for October 2017

What the Church Can Learn from David S. Pumpkins


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"How's it hanging? My name is David Pumpkins, and I'm going to scare the h*!# out of you!" With that sparse introduction, David S. Pumpkins became a Halloween classic. If you're not familiar with Mr. Pumpkins and his body of work, fear not, for it is embedded here, below the fold. And after you've watched it, I'd like to present a few insights I have gleaned from it, namely: What the Church can learn from David S. Pumpkins? ... Read More

Why Your Church Can’t Afford to Get SEO Wrong


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This weekend I came across an article from the Gospel Coalition about "How the Mormons are winning the internet". It's a pretty provocative title but the basics of the article are this. Mormon's have managed to get their results top (thanks to Search Engine Optimization) for a few common search results of questions like "Who was Jesus?", "Bible" and "Jesus". That means when someone goes on the internet and searches the answer to these questions (and others) they aren't met with orthodox ... Read More

iPhone X Features You Didn’t Know About [Humor]


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If you know me, I'm notoriously harsh on Apple, mostly because I have had poor experiences and high expectations from them, expectations that were placed by Apple themselves. This marketing has led to some bitter fanboys. To take it one step further, a Photoshop comedian made some fun images of features I bet you never knew were there. If you want to see more of them, here is the original creator's imgur account. What other features did Apple forget to share? ... Read More

Things 3: Beautiful Task Management [Review]


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Task management and to-do list applications are one of the most common applications with a wide variety of different options to suit your taste. We have even written a mega round-up of different task management applications which I'm in the process of updating, but in the meantime, I thought I'd tell you about a recently updated task management application which might be of great interest to you if you are an Apple product user. Things 3 from Cultured Code. ... Read More

Live Streaming: How It Works for Us


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[You're reading a post in a series about live streaming church services. You might want to start at Part 1. Or don't. I'm not your mom.] When we added streaming a year ago, it was one of the few technology moves in my church that I didn't play a part in. It was very refreshing, and I highly recommend trying to not be involved, when and where you can. But I've dug into it all just enough to let you know what we're doing to stream our services. However, let me make one thing clear to you: this ... Read More

Comparing Streaming Music Services


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First, there was radio. Then people bought records and singles. That evolved into cd’s, with their superior audio quality. In the last decade, we started buying and playing music digitally. Now, we’ve solidly entered the era of streaming music services. However, the various streaming music options can be confusing. Since I did a little research before making my own choice, I figured I’d share my findings with you. This way, you, too, can make the best choice for a streaming music option that ... Read More

#MeToo [Podcast #181]


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This week on the podcast, we take a moment to talk about the #MeToo hashtag that has been moving throughout social media and all around the week this past week. We talk about what makes this hashtag different, related dynamics in the church, as well as some enlightening statistics. ... Read More

‘Owned’ by Joshua A.T. Fairfield [Saturday Morning Review]


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There are few things as frightening as the idea that you are being watched, and yet, over the past few years, we've found out that we're being watched by our own government and private companies all the time. That's right: the scariest thing imaginable is happening, and the question we need to ask ourselves is, "How is this legal?" The short answer is that it shouldn't be, and the long answer is found in Joshua Fairfield's new book, Owned: Property, Privacy, and the New Digital Serfdom. ... Read More