Pastor, Church Communications Guy, Church Website Designer & Blogger
I get the feeling that churches like left-brained people more. I don't think it's intentional, but we tend to gravitate toward people who have teaching and organizational gifts rather than creative gifts. Organizers help us structure the church for numerical growth in logical ways and typically like rules and …
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In the world of social media, there's a common scenario that goes a little something like this:
FOLLOWEE TO NEW FOLLOWER: Hi! Thanks for following. Check out my services and my blog, and like me on Facebook!
In other words, I don't know you or care who you are. I just want you to know me and buy my …
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Things are changing rapidly in the world of communications tools. I'm even writing a book about how to communicate an unchanging gospel in such a rapidly changing world. On LinkedIn's blog, Ilya Pozin shared 9 trends entrepreneurs need to watch in 2013, and four of them (my first four below) jumped out at me …
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Into photography and photo-blogging? Have a portfolio of visual works to show off? You're going to love the new, mobile-responsive Wordpress theme just released by StudioPress - Megalithe 1.0.
The Megalithe child theme includes the following features: 10 color styles, 6 layout options, custom background, …
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A community isn't really a community if you have to find ways to trap people in it. It's a prison.
I'm a community manager. That's part of my formal role with Pastors.com, and it also definitely comes with the territory of leading a church. I see my role, in each case, as being twofold. I ask these two key …
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The world is full of great leaders with great ideas who will remain somewhat unknown because they just don't know how to package their ideas for market. Since this is the age of blogging in which everyone is in the publishing business, it's imperative for anyone who wants to be a thought leader and influencer …
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404 errors. Web developers hate it when a website visitor finds a "page not found" error on a website. It's a bug. There's a broken link somewhere. Or maybe the visitor made a bad guess at a particular URL. Either way, they're now lost.
Grace Hills' website, along with 16% of the internet, runs on Wordpress, …
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doesn't exist. Or at least I didn't think it did, until I discovered Elvanto. I'm updating this post. You can read about the dilema I was in, and then below, why Elvanto is my new favorite solution...
There are plenty of choices. Their ads run in major magazines and in the sidebars of popular blogs, but the …
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We've just finished re-designing GraceHillsChurch.com from top to bottom. Check out this screenshot (or click it to visit the real thing) and then read more below...
(Note that we have a separate design for mobile users - you'll only see this if you're on a desktop browser or if you scroll to the bottom …
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With all this data being created every minute of the day, how is the gospel being heard? What do we need to do to connect with people and share the story of Jesus in a way that gets attention and draws people to Jesus in the right way?
Infographic by DOMO. …
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I'm madly in love with Angie Cox and my two kids. And I'm loved and forgiven by an infinitely gracious God! I'm a Pastor, Church Planter, Editor, and Community Facilitator.
