Tech
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National Chain Prayer 2012
The idea is only two weeks old, but it has grown to something that I believe will be something we remember for years to come. First, let me give a little background, then let you know about a wonderful idea. Many things in our society seem to be moving quickly away from God and the Christian foundations of this country. Thankfully, there seems to be a strong movement among many Christians to counteract that movement, but in proper ways. No violence. No hate. No cruelty. Instead, Christians seem to be more fervent in prayer, as we seek to bring America back to her moral grounding in Scripture. In just a…
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Teens and Twitter: Parents Need to be “Following”
I love Twitter. In fact, if you don’t follow me on Twitter, stop reading right now and click here to do that! I didn’t take the time to see how long I’ve been using this service, but I would guess it’s been about 4 years. Twitter is now over 6 years old, but in the past year it has really hit a momentum point as teenagers have come to use it en masse. As with any type of technology, this movement is neither good nor bad, it’s how it is used that makes all the difference. Personally, I think one of the reasons we have seen this movement among teens to…
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Audio: “How to Get the Most Out of Your Bible”
Recently, I was a guest on iQuest, a wonderful Christian podcast done by the Madison (AL) Church of Christ. Below is the audio. Listen to internet radio with iQuest on Blog Talk Radio For more information about iQuest, click here. I highly recommend this podcast! To read the article we discussed on the program, click here.
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Guest Post: “Churches and Pinterest” (by Joey Sparks)
NOTE FROM ADAM: I am new to the world of Pinterest, but I see great potential on this site for good. My friend Joey Sparks is one who uses this site a lot of ministry purposes. I asked him to write a guest post about how congregations can use this site, and he did a tremendous job. With the explosion of new users and time spent on Pinterest [infographic], I felt this was an appropriate topic to tackle on our site. Thanks, Joey, for doing a great job! ————————————- Pinterest is a relatively new peg-board-inspired social media platform who’s membership exploded at the beginning of 2012. The “viral” aspect of new members…
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This and That
I don’t do these posts often, but I have several short notes that I want to pass along, so we’ll do a “this and that” post. Time to empty the “quick blog news posts” idea folder! Enjoy!!! ***Last night, the #Hashtag Youth Series got underway. If you are not familiar with this amazing work for young people, you will want to be. It grew from an idea to over 4000 young people in less than 6 months. Here are three resources to follow to see more about it: (1) the website, (2) the Facebook group, (3) a recent iPreach where we interviewed two of the “principles” of this. ***Speaking of…
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Olive Tree Bible Study Program Overview
Last night, I finished teaching a “mini-series” on How to Study the Bible. Instead of a long, drawn-out study going verse-by-verse through a text, our class took a little break and spent four weeks looking at tips and tools for better Bible study. I hope this little refresher course was good for those in the class. It surely was good for me. You see, as a preacher, one of the temptations is to only think about how to study for sermons, when I need to read and study for my own spiritual growth and maturity, as well. Keeping those two things separate is not easy (and they will never be…
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Some Lessons I’ve Learned from Blogging…That Aren’t About Blogging
I love this site, and I greatly enjoy keeping up the blog. It takes some work, and there are certainly some frustrations involved, but it is a labor of love. Every so often, I see articles on blogs that talk about lessons learned about blogging. I’m sure I could write one of those, but most of you who read this couldn’t care any less about the technical side of things. Most of our readers do not have their own blog, so you don’t really care about lessons for bloggers. However, in the years we have had this site, I have learned…or been reminded of…several things that have nothing to do…
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Simple Tech Week #5 : Using Google Reader
Welcome to “Simple Tech Week!” My goal for the five posts this week is to share with you five simple tech tools you can use to (1) connect with more people, and (2) get more out of technology in a simple way. There are, by my estimation, ten quardrabillimillizillion websites….give or take, like seven. I love the internet, but it really is quite overwhelming. How do you get to enjoy as much of the content that you would like without having to remember all those site addresses? The answer is “rss,” which stands for “Really Simple Syndication.” The key to this whole thing is that famous orange square that you…
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Simple Tech Week #4 : Taking Your Radio with You (Podcasts)
Welcome to “Simple Tech Week!” My goal for the five posts this week is to share with you five simple tech tools you can use to (1) connect with more people, and (2) get more out of technology in a simple way. If you follow this blog at all, you know I am a fanatic about podcasts. Yes, part of that is because I co-host a podcast, but it is also because I have found this medium to be a great way to listen to what I want anytime I want. It is like a personalized radio that I take with me. NOTE: This post is a bit longer than…
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Simple Tech Week #3 : Blogging 101 and 202
Welcome to “Simple Tech Week!” My goal for the five posts this week is to share with you five simple tech tools you can use to (1) connect with more people, and (2) get more out of technology in a simple way. Blogging is a lot of fun, but it is also quite a bit of work. However, with the amazing growth of the Internet, it is my opinion that Christians need to “flood” the web with more positive, Bible-based content. We have had this blog now for a long time (around 5 years) and it truly is a labor of love. I want to share with you two ways…
