During presentations and church meetings, we are regularly asked for suggestions and recommendations on how to develop a social media policy for the church. Suggestions we have, but as we tell them, “Since each church is different, and each denomination has its...

Let’s Simplify Things a Bit…..

Are you thinking about developing a Social Media strategy for your church? Are you overwhelmed by the options available to you? It’s o.k. to feel a little overwhelmed by all the options, but it’s not o.k. to ignore them. Social Media and online member...

Connecting Your Voice With The Power of Social Media

The Bible says there is a voice of one calling in the wilderness… “Prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isaiah 40:3) The phrase, “A voice crying in the wilderness” conjures up images of a man...

Connectional Thought for Today: Listening

Listening is a form of love, and as we befriend the Divine we can express our love through an act of generous attention. We listen to God when we listen to other people with care and grace. We listen to God by sitting with the sacred stories and allowing them to sink...

Social Media Connection

Let’s talk about Twitter and those pesky little #hashtags for a minute….. Twitter, the online social network where people can “tweet” thoughts in 140 characters or less, can #hashtag topics, can RT (retweet), “Reply” and...