Celebrity is ubiquitous. It is not only in culture but its impact permeates the Church world. Katelyn Beaty’s most recent book, Celebrities for Jesus—How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting The Church decodes intersection of the celebrity phenomena in Christian culture and the Church. Here’s an overdue review of the book.
[Read more…] about Celebrities for Jesus [Book Review]A Non-Anxious Presence [Book Review]
I finally finished listening to Mark Sayers’s book, “A Non-Anxious Presence–How a Changing and Complex World Will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders“. It’s worth a review.
[Read more…] about A Non-Anxious Presence [Book Review]Two Simple Ways To Become A Better Creative
Church media can be a powerful resource. I say, “can be”, because it is often undermined. It’s often reduced to filming the church live stream, editing talking heads, photos of people at church or in worship. I’m not suggesting that they never exercise creativity, I’m saying it is often subdued. We can and must create more engaging content that communicates God’s love for people in more engaging ways. Here are two practical, albeit obvious ways you can be a better creative.
[Read more…] about Two Simple Ways To Become A Better CreativeAround, For Online Collaboration And Meetings [Review]
Online meetings are now more accepted. Thanks to the push from COVID-19, of course. I’m convinced meetings are broken but that’s a subject for another post. For this one, I want to focus on a new (at least to me) solution that could help us fix that. Could Around be the fresh solution for online collaboration and meetings we’ve been looking for?
[Read more…] about Around, For Online Collaboration And Meetings [Review]Reasons To Do Nothing About New Tech And Platforms
Technology is an enabler. It helps us not only live life, but also move the mission of the Church forward. For some the thought of new tech and platforms causes fear and anxiety. For others it inspires awe and excitement. It is this promise of making new strides that often makes us interested in the new stuff. That said, there are good and bad reasons to do nothing about new tech and platforms.
[Read more…] about Reasons To Do Nothing About New Tech And PlatformsThe Top 10 ChurchMag 2020 Posts – Most Read
As we get to the end of another year, I thought it would be great to share the top 10 ChurchMag posts. Of course this has been a pandemic / COVID-19 dominated year. There are many things that have happened in the world and in church space but those reflections will be for another post. For now, here are the top 10 ChurchMag 2020 posts.
[Read more…] about The Top 10 ChurchMag 2020 Posts – Most Read