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Switching To Long-Form Writing


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If you have been around ChurchMag for a while, you may have noticed a changing emphasis in the last year on different kinds of writing. When ChurchMag was in its hay day of 2-4 posts a day, sometimes many more than that, we were getting a lot of short-form articles. If you are dedicated to looking at our content daily, we still have that once or twice a week. But we have been switching to long-form content more consistently. We want to be an authority to writing, and that doesn't happen in ... Read More

Having Manners, Even With Technology


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I just finished having a conversation with my 6-year-old son about having good manners. But his generation offers a unique concept. He was making fun of a girl's writing on a video and his comment was "she can't hear me." Now take this to the next level of text-based communication or video gaming. If you are playing single player and clearly dominating easy mode, can you mock them? What about robots or Alexa, should we say please and thank you to them? ... Read More

Forest App [Saturday Morning Review]


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Recently, I've been feeling more distracted by my phone and social media noise. This led to me finally giving in and trying Forest app as one tool to help and I have to say I've been impressed. It's really helped me adapt more "Deep Work" principles that I had gotten worse at. So here's a quick review of Forest app and why you should consider giving it a go. ... Read More

A New Chapter at ChurchMag


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I've tried writing this several times and I can't put it off any longer. I've wanted to convey and express myself to the fullest, but in an effort to say everything "just right," I've put it off for far too long. So here goes: ... Read More

Church Tech Snack Pack #219


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Happy first-Friday-of-2019! From the sci-fi-ish news of our health care and tech company worlds colliding, to magical frozen winter bubbles, to the dangers of setting New Year resolutions, and more for the first Snack Pack of 2019! ... Read More

Christian Gaming Streamers


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You probably have heard by now that online gaming is a big deal. It honestly has been for over a decade starting way back with World of Warcraft. Recently with streaming on YouTube and Twitch as well as the ability to monetize it, we have seen a surge in gaming where people are able to make it their full-time job. A couple of years ago, I had talked about how we could become online missionaries, literally raising money from Christians to be able to preach the Word of God to people online. ... Read More

Helping Families Connect Online Safely


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For those who are technologically inclined, I'm going to assume that is nearly all of our audience, you hold a special place in the Church. Because of your knowledge, you have experience that can help support the Church as well as the families that attend and lead. Whether you are church tech volunteers, the youth pastor, or an elder who knows a lot about phones and the internet, I want to call on you to share your information. While you know all the right things to do and say, hopefully, ... Read More

ChurchMag’s Instagram


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Welcome to 2019! I loved being a part of ChurchMag last year and I can't wait to see what this year will bring us. My favorite part of ChurchMag is the community we have because all of us have a part in it. Authors, writers, editors, the people running the social media, all the other behind-the-scenes people, and of course, the readers. You reading this right now? We need you too. We couldn't have ChurchMag without any of these people. ... Read More

2018 Year-In-Review, Via Google Search


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Ready to get nostalgic in the last year? Google has put together their top trends of what was searched in 2018 that remind us what happened this year. It has been a year of national and international worry and frustration, amazing Marvel movies, weather disasters, and a royal wedding. If you want to see the set of lists, check it out here. You can actually narrow down the search to specific countries if you want to see what happened in your own nation. I'll obviously be talking about the United ... Read More