Media Outreach

What is SXSW?

So, what is this South by Southwest Conference thing all about? It’s 10 days packed full of creative speakers, innovative  panels, interactive workshops,independent film premiers and original music. People from all over the world come together to share their new ideas and re-hash old ones. As the SXSW website puts it: “It’s the premier destination for [...]

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Best Practices: Technology in the Sanctuary

Salutations men & women of the cloth (and of the Internet)! Our beloved Andy Grove who delivers his dear reader(s) weekly with best practices has become buried this week, so in his stead, I will be leaving my video format to bring to you “Best Practices”! Allow me to dust off my thesaurus and wordsmith [...]

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Have You Considered…Teenagers and Technology?

This is the third installment of the “Have You Considered” series of posts. Have you considered teenagers and technology? One of the most often heard challenges among ministry teams is finding people to work on the audio/video aspects of ministry. Because teenagers practically live on the computer and on mobile devices, they are already extremely comfortable [...]

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iPad, iPad…get your iPad…wait…you can’t, just yet.

You’ll have to wait a little over a month before you can get your first iPad, but will it really be worth all the hype? As I saw with the iPhone…and really any techy gadget…there’s going to be a better version released not long after the first version is released. It will have more features and [...]

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Text to Help

In light of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, I have been amazed at how technology has made it quick and easy to make donations. Time magazine reported (Jan. 18th issue) that within the first 24 hours after the earthquake, the Red Cross raised $800 thousand via text message donations. Since then, Fox news reported on January 15th [...]

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Patience in a “Now Generation”

I recently bought the new Black Eyed Pea’s CD- The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) and was listened to the full CD before deciding on my few favorite songs. This one song called, “Now Generation,” caught my attention, and I replayed it a few times as I pondered how a “Now Generation,” can learn patience…especially in [...]

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Google Wave…

I received a little surprise in my inbox on the last day of November. I don’t consider myself a computer nerd…but there’s been a little bit of talk about Google Wave lately that made me want to find out what it’s all about. Over a month ago I requested an invite to join Google Wave [...]

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Link Love – Church Tech Today

In the case that you enjoy witty, resourceful and gifted writers, you’ve got to check out ChurchTechToday.  As technology continues gaining unstoppable force in the routine of our everyday lives, people like Lauren Hunter spend their time and effort trying to patch the lingering whole between the church and the community, by advocating websites, mobile [...]

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Live from Catalyst!

We are excited to be amongst the 12,000 pastors and ministry leaders here at Catalyst in Atlanta, GA.  I am blown away because faithHighway has worked alongside nearly 14,000 churches over the past 15 years, and this event helps me see just how many people that equates to. Water balloons, amazing live music and people in [...]

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Link Love – Church Relevance

Having known Kent (via email) for over a year now, we wanted to share his blog with our subscribers.  His blog, www.churchrelevance.com, is one that attracts thousands of viewers and covers topics from church leadership to marketing, research to technology. We’ve enjoyed following his posts and wanted to learn more about him.  In addition to his [...]

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