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Digital Connections aren't just for Millennials
posted on Apr 10, 2018Has your church ever made a video?
What was the purpose?
Perhaps it was a welcome video, with a clergy person and parishioners extoling the warmth and vibrancy of the congregation. Perhaps it was a holiday video, emphasizing the joyful celebrati...
Read MoreInstagram Stories - a Great Way to Share Holy Week
posted on Mar 29, 2018So you’re mid-way through Holy Week. This was the year you were going to do really rich descriptive explanations of your services and post them on your website like St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in New York City. Or maybe you were going to do...
Read MoreHooray for Hollywood - Using Movies for Faith Formation
posted on Mar 1, 2018One of the things I love about the digital space is the access to unfathomable amounts of content. Renaissance paintings? Creative liturgies? Sunday school crafts? Church camp songs? Just a Google search away. And for a movie buff? Between the my...
Read MoreStations of the Cross NYC: a Digital Experience
posted on Feb 23, 2018Last year, I wrote about the Washington D.C, Stations of the Cross installation that spanned the city, featuring art installations and monuments. This year, a similar experience is occurring in New York City.
Although I often write about helping ...
Read MoreDigital Holy Lent
posted on Feb 14, 2018Lent is an ancient season of reflection, introspection, and repentance. Even before unimaginable levels of connectivity and busyness invaded our lives, people of faith sought ways to keep a holy Lent by stepping back from full engagement in their ...
Read MoreChristmas Videos on Facebook
posted on Dec 20, 2017It's the week before Christmas. For church people – clergy, lay staff, ministry volunteers – this is a crazy busy week. Wonderful, but crazy busy. Can anyone blame a beleaguered Christian formation person for taking a quick break to mindlessly...
Read MoreAdventWord - moving from selfies to spirituality
posted on Nov 29, 2017In the late fall of 2014, I responded to an online prayer initiative that changed my entire understanding of what digital ministry could be.
The initiative was AdventWord – a daily invitation from the Brothers of the Society of St. John the Eva...
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Church Communications / Digital Ministry
Crafting an Effective Communications Strategy
posted on Nov 17, 2017“What’s the best communications platform for my church?”
It’s a question that comes up a lot in church communication discussions, but unfortunately there is no easy answer. And that answer further is complicated by the fact that one segme...
Read MoreSurvey Says! how to create a meaningful survey
posted on Oct 30, 2017We’ve all been there. The interminable program planning meeting. Suggestions tossed out and shot down. The unanswerable over-riding question: what do people really want? How can we ever know? If we offer it, will they come?
And then someone utt...
Read MoreThe Power of Pinterest: your best platform for formation
posted on Oct 6, 2017When I talk to formation folks about digital ministry, they immediately grasp the potential for using the digital space to connect with other formation people and with families. Many are librarians at heart – what they want is to connect seekers...
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