Category Archives: media

Efficiency on a Dime

One commitment I made to myself when I agreed to head my church’s audiovisual ministry was not to let it consume me or cause me to neglect my family. That’s easier at some times of the year than others, but … Continue reading

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To Stock or Not?

I posted a tweet recently and it triggered that thought process in me. The one that said “weren’t you meant to write a blog post about this?” one. So here I am. And what I want to discuss is twofold; … Continue reading

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Simple Copyright Solutions

I get more questions about copyright and the legal use of copyrighted materials in church than any other topic. Sadly, most of those conversations start with music pastor or tech director looking for a loophole, or trying to justify a … Continue reading

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Why a Mac in Church?

Well, I’m glad you asked. Up until about a year and a half ago when I bought my first Mac, I was very against the whole idea. I thought Macs were just overpriced, hard to use, and incompatible with the … Continue reading

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New CTM Writer – Chase Livingston

I am really excited to introduce to you someone I have followed on Twitter for a few months.  He is a tech volunteer at his church and has been for quite some time and he struck me as someone who … Continue reading

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EasyWorship 2009: Display Foldback Overview

If you’re an EasyWorship user, there’s a new version available for you. EasyWorship 2009 was released recently, and it has several new features. One of the features that is causing some interest and even confusion is Display Foldback. I’ve been … Continue reading

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Build a Website – Part Three

Part 3 is all about Content Creation. Parts 1 and 2 can be found here and here. As project lead I was quite happy that this burden wasn’t on me. However it was down to me to drive the provision … Continue reading

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Build a Website – Part Deux

In part one of this series I laid out the basics of project mgmt as I see them and briefly mentioned my use of FreeMind to do some brain storming / mind mapping. There are of course many resources and … Continue reading

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Build a Website – Intro.

Sometime back I was tasked with being the project lead in creating four websites for the Church I attend and in an attempt to help others understand I documented the process. The aim is for a series of posts outlining … Continue reading

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Schweitzer Visit

I met Matt Kerner at WiredChurches Communications workshop in Kansas City put on by Kem Meyer’s, probably a year and a half ago. He is in Springfield, which is an hour from me and we have threatened to get together … Continue reading

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