Social media shouldn’t take over your week. With a little structure and focus, your church can plan an entire month of content in about an hour—no stress, no scrambling.
You don’t need to have it all figured out. Just start with who you’re helping—and let your content grow from there.
Stepping away from a role isn’t failure—it can be an act of faith.
If your church decides to set up family photo stations for a holiday or event, take into consideration these eight items:
You might expect me to weigh the pros and cons and determine whether or not you should be on the platform—but that is for you to decide.
As you may know, I host a podcast for Thom Rainer twice a week over at his blog, thomrainer.com. We recently had Michael Hyatt as a guest on the pod, and he made a statement that surprised me somewhat. He stated…
I had never heard of Downton Abbey until I moved here to Nashville, but it seemed to be all the rage. Thanks to Netflix and Courtney Baker’s DVDs I’ve gotten Beth hooked on it as well.
With two boys—soon to be three—at the house, we love us some Pixar. This looks like it would be pretty good.
I’ll be the first to admit that working in social media is a sweet gig. However one of the oddities about the industry is that you find yourself getting excited about some strange things. Two such instances happened in the…
Today marks the release of Andrew Peterson’s latest album “Light for the Lost Boy.” I’ve been a fan of his ever since I bought his “Carried Along” album more than a decade ago.
Barna just released some new research on women and how they perceive themselves in the church. There are multiple factors at play here, but nonetheless, these are interesting numbers.
So, after a couple of recycled talks on Day One, I was hoping for some originality in day two. And I was not disappointed. Patrick Lencioni led off with probably the best talk of the conference. He’s just outstanding. If…
There was a good talk and interview with Condoleezza Rice. I’m very impressed with her candor and knowledge. Might not agree with her fully on every policy, but she seems the most normal of any politician I’ve ever seen. Now,…
Yesterday, a new site called Project TGM launched. It’s the brainchild of Brandon Smith, and I am excited to be a part of this endeavor. Brandon called me a few weeks back with this idea for a site driven by…
Shakespeare did wonders for the English language not only in form and function, but he also created several new words and phrases which still are used today. I doubt anyone will ever have such a dramatic effect on our language…
Today is the big worship rally video/photo shoot here are LifeWay for the 2013 VBS materials. It’s truly amazing how our people can just make this stuff look so good. If you missed part one, you can see it here.
One of the great benefits of working at LifeWay is getting to see how everything gets made. It takes a Herculean effort to pull off some of the things that happen around here. One such thing is the annual VBS…


