September 2009
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September 30: Isaiah 8-9, Psalm 84, Acts 7 →
September 29: Isaiah 5-7, Psalm 83, Acts 6 →
September 28: Isaiah 2-4, Psalm 82, Acts 5 →
Are Writers Selling Out to Marketers? Alain de... →
If someone wrote the story of your church’s week or month, would it be worth reading?
What is going on at Fishers? And a Few Predictions →
A decent explanation of what is happening in the aftermath of the ELCA decisions
Muslim Capitol Hill Rally Falls Short of... →
Muslim march expected 50,000, got 3,000.
September 27: Isaiah 1, Psalm 81, Acts 4 →
September 26: Song of Solomon 5-8, Psalm 80, Acts... →
University Lutheran ENews →
Tom McNichol: The Story of Creation (via Twitter) →
Missions Launch » Blog Archive » Modern Day... →
The U.S. With Less God - Freakonomics Blog -... →
What will happen to the US if Trinity College is right and we go from 15% to 20% “non-religious”? Can we turn it around?
The Wired Campus - College Bookstores Hope to Turn... →
Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course... →
LightFM PopCulture - Walt Disney →
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Fighter Brand Churches
I’m always amazed at how sometimes I can find something that’s fairly common knowledge in business circles and realize that the church is doing the same thing — unwittingly, and therefore unable to learn from the lessons business is teaching.
I had never heard of a “Fighter Brand” until today while I was reading the Harvard Business Review. A “fighter...
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Cut the pretense
Hugh McLeod is signing prints, but not in an art gallery. Why? It was too pretentious.
Pretense invades all sorts of things that could otherwise be fun. Punk shows shouldn’t require you to sport a mohawk or gauged ears. Churches found out a while ago that requiring a 3 piece suit maybe wasn’t what church was all about. I might even like opera if it weren’t for the people.
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Teaching your church to Tweet
Social media is huge, nobody needs to tell you that. Between Twitter, Facebook, and your RSS reader, you get tons of information every day that you would not necessarily have before.
Yet, interestingly enough, most of the social media about churches that I see comes from church professionals (although I do know a few empowered lay people that blog from their perspective, which I love). Church...
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Bd. of Gov. for FL Higher Ed approves nearly 3 billion for state universities.
FSU professor Kroto promoting 'immortality' |... →
Could/should churches promote lay leadership to make videos about their faith?
Jews say memorial prayer on Yom Kippur |... →
Sometimes I wonder why Christians don’t take more of a repentance/forgiveness stance on New Years…
September 25: Song of Solomon 1-4, Psalm 79, Acts... →
September 24: Ecclesiastes 10-12, Psalm 78:40-72,... →
September 23: Ecclesiastes 7-9, Psalm 78:1-39,... →
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Displaying your results
This picture is from a pizza company that is trying to convince you that they are never late. They’re taking a risk, displaying how long its taking them to deliver your pizza. But after a couple of times, people will learn that your pizza delivery guy is quick and reliable.
What are the “results” that your church claims? Forgiven sins? Lives turned around? Biblical...
September 22: Ecclesiastes 4-6, Psalm 77, John 19 →
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Calendar
I got a calendar with my name on it in the mail the other day. It said, “Compliments of Jay Winters, University Lutheran.” It was a sample meant to get me to buy more - of course I didn’t because I don’t think my name is the right name to have on the calendar (however if it said “Compliments of Jesus…”).
Salesmen used to give away calendars all of the...
September 21: Ecclesiastes 1-3, Psalm 76, John 18 →
September 20: Proverbs 29-31, Psalm 75, John 17 →
September 19: Proverbs 27-28, Psalm 74, John 16 →
September 18: Proverbs 25-26, Psalm 73, John 15 →
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September 17: Proverbs 23-24, Psalm 72, John 14 →
September 16: Proverbs 21-22, Psalm 71, John 13 →
@Facebook Expands Role of Tags to Connect People →
Now you can use the @ sign to connect with people in Facebook like you can with Twitter
September 15: Proverbs 19-20, Psalm 70, John 12 →
September 14: Proverbs 17-18, Psalm 69:19-36, John... →
September 13: Proverbs 15-16, Psalm 69:1-18, John... →
September 12: Proverbs 13-14, Psalm 68:19-35, John... →
LightFM PopCulture - Andy Warhol →
What impact did Andy Warhol have on popular culture?
September 11: Proverbs 11-12, Psalm 68:1-18, John... →
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Do you deserve a day off? Labor day is a day...