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Wednesday List: My Current iPhone Apps
I like technology, but I’ll admit that I have no idea how any of it works. I learn a few simple (and I mean simple) steps, and let them help me. While I try out several technologies, I spend very little money, and keep only what helps me. For our list this week, I’m listing the apps I use on my iPhone. PAGE ONE PingChat. I don’t use this app as much as I used to (and I’ll explain why later). This is a text messaging program. If someone else has PingChat, you add them as a contact and the “texts” (called “pings”) are free. I don’t pay for unlimited…
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5 Inexpensive Ways to Promote Events
Nearly every congregation has “special” events (as if Sunday worship isn’t special!). At Lebanon Road, we have a Vacation Bible School each summer, and we are holding a Gospel Meeting in late September. One of the challenges that a congregation gives is to invite friends and neighbors to these events. That’s a great challenge, but do we help? We need to give congregations the tools to promote events. Most congregations make flyers to hang in stores or to canvas certain neighborhoods with. Those are fine, but they must be well done. If you do a poor job with advertising, you are hurting your results instead of helping. So, here some…
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“Greater Things” Thursdays #3: “Checking In” on Good Works
Lebanon Road’s theme for 2011 is “Greater Things.” To emphasize that theme, each Thursday we will focus on good things we do, and suggest ways to make them even greater! ———————————- How many members of the Lebanon Road family are on Facebook? I don’t know, but it’s quite a few. (It’s easily more than 75, and probably more like 100.) How many use FourSquare? Ummm…probably not many (I used to, but don’t anymore). Why is that any big deal? It’s because of one of the cool features on Facebook (and FourSquare) that not only lets people know where you are, but also lets you publish what you are doing. If…
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A Trend I Like to See
Today’s post is very brief, but, hopefully, is a post that will encourage you. I have noticed something more and more lately. Maybe it has been going on for a long time, but I have “keyed in” on it more in the past few weeks. It is a trend on Facebook, and it is seen in the status updates among those who are my “Facebook friends.” Usually, these updates deal with what a person is doing at the time (“So-and-so is walking the dog;” “So-and-so is enjoying a day with family;” and so on). That’s fine, and we all do that every so often. However, I am thankful that I…
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Sermon Transcript: “The Christian and Facebook”
On Sunday night, I preached a sermon entitled “The Christian and Facebook.” Later, I posted something about it on (of course) Facebook, and several said they would like to see the notes. Before you read the transcript, let me share this information with you. Some time ago, my friend Neal Pollard preached a sermon at Bear Valley in Denver on this topic. I listened to his sermon several weeks ago to start getting ideas for mine. Later, he turned that sermon into an article for the Gospel Advocate that I also read. I say that to say this: several similarities exist between this sermon and his sermon/article, though I did…
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Friday Links Roundup: Christmas Zzzz Edition
I say it all the time: Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I like Christmas, but it’s only the 18th, and I’m already tired. I’m tired from shopping and standing in line. I’ve already heard “Feliz Navidad” twice (which is twice too often for this horrible tune). The “Christmas season” just lasts too long. When I’m President, we’ll cut it down to two weeks….tops! Now, that whole line about a “long winter’s nap?” Where is that in all this? It sure sounds tempting! On to the links for this week: 1. Many wonder if Christians should celebrate Christmas in any form or fashion. Cindy Colley does a good job answering that question…
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Guest Post: The Church and Technology
[Today’s post is the 2nd in our series entitled “The Church and…”. The writer today is my friend Dale Jenkins. Dale preaches for the Spring Meadows church of Christ in Spring Hill, Tennessee. He wears many hats, including cohosting iPreach the podcast with me. It is a joy to work with Dale in this way. Make sure you check out his “Blog that Binds” here.] “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him” (Colossians 3:17). Somewhere between 1436 and 1450 Gutenburg is credited as having invented the printing press (wonder how many people…
