With John Saddington’s recent “Twitter Meltdown” It’s good to stop and think about how effective Twitter can be as a ministry tool. In a small church, say <100 people, Twitter is pretty manageable. But what about the thousands upon thousands of marketers, spammers, and grade-A Hoochie Mamas that want a slice of my attention.
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Hat tip to BeaconHillNW on this one. Those of you in ministry, especially leadership…keep it up, keep building airplanes…in the air.

Is it lame to start a post by apologizing that you aren’t posting enough? yes. For real though, classes starting requires lots of time and energy, which will normalize next week. So there it is, lame and all. But now for a quick Wordpress tip. I’ve noticed on several blogs some awkward author usernames. Something like SteveB90 appears as the Author, simply because Wordpress defaults to your Wordpress username.
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Dropbox is a simple Mac [Edit: and PC] utility that brings file sharing to a whole new level. With the free account, you’re allowed 2gb of online storage, and the software integrates with the Finder to make a perfect solution for bloggers, business or simple online backup.

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There has been no small debate over the use of texting/twitter in church. Today we’re going to hit the various options for text messaging questions during service, or sending out updates to attendees. Your options are to go for a professional messaging service, like Church Text Pro, or try utilizing Twitter. The Pro’s and cons are:
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This post kicks off the Values series. We’ll explore the values of Churchosphere, and see how they apply to a churches blog. Today’s value is Conversation. My grandfather is a blogger, and he recently complained: “It’s so hard to get people to respond.” In fact, most people who see your blog will never comment. So…how to create conversation after the jump.
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Before I get caught up in Feedburner subscribers, Analytics stats, comment numbers and ReTweets. Before I get convinced that some amount of my self worth is locked up in this blog I’ve created. Even before any real content appears. I’d like to pause, for just a second, and worship.
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Welcome to Church-o-sphere and thanks for stopping by. Everything is still a little ‘under development,’ but I suppose every blog is like that, pretty much forever. My goal for CoS is to spark some conversation about Creativity and Technology in the Church, and flesh out what that means for the upcoming year. I am super excited for this gig. Yeaya!
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I’m a big fan of relational evangelism. Coming out of a generation that knocked on doors armed with forced tracts and scary questions, younger people are occasionally peppered with horror stories from their friend’s parents. So in reaction to that older model, I want my ‘evangelism’ to just be a natural extension of the relationship. (more…)