I am currently reading Moisés Naím’s, The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be. It may seem little far from my normal reading list but this book is essential reading for those who want to understand the rapid and transformative shifts that are happening in the…
The original title of this post was, “Criticism is easy, creation is hard.” I wrote that and then looked at it for a while. I realized that it was a good conversation starter but a drastic oversimplification of the truth. The essence of my thought was this: creating something, whether it be a song, poem,…
At the risk of putting myself out of a job, I still have to tell you, technology is not going to grow your church… all by itself. You still have to tell people about Jesus. That doesn’t mean that technology doesn’t have an essential role to play for the modern disciple. My mission is…
I love using high-tech resources to help the church reach new people and draw people into a deeper relationship with God. But sometimes, low-tech is even better. I was at my old stomping grounds this morning, University United Methodist Church in San Antonio, where one of my boys attends day school. As I was walking…
Here at the Rio Texas Media Center, we do a lot of website evaluations. Rio Texas Churches can submit a form and we will review their church website and offer an evaluation with suggestions for improvement. When I get a chance, I like to go back and see what they did in response. Sometime last year,…
This week a colleague of mine shared a fantastic post by Carey Niewhof entitled, “5 Disruptive Trends That Will Rule 2016.” It is a great piece, if you get nothing else out of my post, go read his. I was really struck by the first trend he shared, “Church online will become an advance, not…
Whether or not you are one to make New Year’s resolutions, the end of the year is a good time to take stock and think about the year to come. For church folks (and my non-profit friends,) this might be a good moment to think about some plans for 2016 in the area of technology….
Sharing your church services online is more affordable than ever. I believe that more churches should be taking advantage of this technology to reach the mission field and to continue the development of discipleship among a more mobile and immobile population. I wrote in depth about this in my post, Technology and Pastoral Care, Part…
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As part of the plan that created the new Río Texas Annual Conference, our annual conference committed to ensuring that all of our local churches have the required tools and infrastructure to stay connected to the conference and their mission field. The unification plan called for all churches to eventually have the internet connection and…
Who knew there were so many choices? Recently, a pastor asked for a little help with some software. She serves at a small local church and wants to move from a paper-based membership roster to a more robust electronic system. Due to budget constraints, the pastor wanted to know if there were any low-cost…
