A couple weeks ago I purchased my first iOS device with Siri, and she has been making me look much better and more thoughtful in ministry. In case you haven’t begun to leverage her skills for ministry, here’s how I have been using her to make my ministry more...
I have written about the square card reader before which is the easiest way for you to begin swiping cards at your next parent meeting or fundraiser, but they have taken it to a whole new level with Square Register. Designed to operate as a cash register for a...
Though I am not using this at our Passover Seder, I couldn't resist sharing it here. Those who were a fan of the digital story of the nativity will love this. I am definitely using this the next time we talk about the exodus!
I was watching some podcast Brian Brushwood was on when I first discovered RecordSetter.com This is a online, user-generated world record site. (I almost feel foolish writing anything else because I know your brains are already spinning on this one.) It's easy....
Facebook is a great tool for ministry. Outside of going to school campuses, there are very few places a youth minister can go outside of the church and interact with more students. However, Facebook added a setting which they made default that is proabably hindering...
It's been a while since I have posted here because I was a youth minister who was having a baby in the middle of the already full-throttle state that is a youth ministry in summer. This being our third child and me being a geek, I thought with my first post back, I...
Bill Hybles challenged me to "Read for 30 minutes a day." Well, I was in the room when we said that and it challenged me. Reading helps me be a better thinker, reading challenges my position with other's thoughts, reading get's me away from TV, and "I don't know what...
Every time we have been gearing up for some fundraiser or another, I think (at the last minute), "It sure would be convenient if we could take credit card donations/payments easily. A couple weeks later I have the same thought about registrations for camp. Each time I...
I recently discovered this interesting Google Labs project called Google Ngram Viewier that piggy backs on the data Google is collecting via Google books. You probably already know that Google books is is not only adding new texts, but scanning (and OCRing)...
Yesterday Apple announced the second version of their game-changing iPad product. It is another product for us to drool over and desire, but the question most (usually under paid) youth pastors are asking right now is can I justify this as a "ministry expense." To...
