Pausing for a Breath

I regularly read Penelope Trunk, a career-advice columnist with the Boston Globe and author of the Brazen Careerist. While her subject matter is sometimes off the wall and her manner of delivery is even more so, I still find her informative, educational and applicable.
PT, as she’s often referred to by her blog followers, recently wrote [...]

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Politics from the Pulpit?

I’m a writer, not a preacher, so I can’t authorize what comes from the pulpit. But “Politics from the Church Newsletter” just doesn’t have the ring to it, and as we all know, it’s all in the headline.
No matter. Whether it’s from the pulpit or the newsletter, the same thought applies: Politics are a no-no.
As [...]

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No Shop Talk

As a web designer, I frequently peruse online forums to further my knowledge. And as one of the “older set” (meaning IT definitions were not the first words from my mouth), I sometimes have problems understanding the language.
Like, what is this?
“CSS is a stylesheet format for HTML, XHTML, and XML, including SVG and XUL, [...]

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Church Design Matters

Church design matters…at least hundreds at the HOW Design Conference thought so.
In a recent posting in Church Marketing Sucks, guest blogger Michael Buckingham writes of his exciting opportunity to present a church marketing and design topic at the HOW Design Conference. For those of you unfamiliar to the industry, HOW is a leader in graphic [...]

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Blogging: Cyber-Savvy Outreach

Ah, the world demands so much from churches, eh?
You’ve published a website and are feeling somewhat caught up with modern technology. But wait, a website is now so…well, not quite passé, but let’s just say…expected. As a church, what could you now be doing to reach out with the message of Christ?
Blogging
Blogging is one [...]

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