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communications life

Facebook is Worthless for the Future

Let me explain… Throughout my life, I have kept a regular journal on and off throughout the years. I have a stack of journals from elementary, high school and college in our basement. Currently, I have been keeping a one sentence journal up to date. I am looking at options (Office Drop for the outsource […]

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ministry

How to Find the Value of Your Church’s Facebook Page

I continue to consider what is the best way to measure the effectiveness of the Facebook Page for Resurrection Online in the church. Ultimately, effectiveness would be living out the purpose of our church – to build a Christian community where non religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians. I hope that […]

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life ministry

I’m Ditching Facebook.

I am always looking for ways to unclutter my life and not checking Facebook is one thing I am considering. Once I started using Twitter and Tweet Deck as an application to manage connecting with others via Twitter, I have found less and less use for Facebook. I love the simplicity of Twitter – just […]

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life

An Open Invitation to Connection

I am glad that you read my blog and I would enjoy being more connected with you. I invite you to connect with me in the following ways: email – andrew.conard@cor.org blog – http://andrewconard.com twitter – http://twitter.com/andrewconard facebook – http://www.facebook.com/andrew.conard Also, please consider subscribing to this blog via RSS or email: RSS subscription – Don’t […]

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renewing the church united methodist church

The First Offical #6qumc Tuesday

Today is the first official #6qumc Tuesday. What is #6qumc Tuesday? Thanks for asking. #6qumc Tuesday is a part of 6 Questions for The United Methodist Church. As a part of #6qumc Tuesday: Invite others to take part in 6qumc by posting the link, http://bit.ly/6qumc, on Facebook and Twitter with #6qumc (a Twitter hashtag – […]

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life

Vacation = Out of the Cloud

I have a habit of being connected online which at times borders on an addiction. I connect via my iPhone, desktop computer at church and laptop at home or on the road. Not on vacation. Nicole and I are headed to Estes Park, Colorado tomorrow. From May 8 to May 19, I will not: Boot up […]

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changing lives

Connection Drive – April 2009

Today I want to offer you, the reader, an invitation to connect with me. Whether this is your first time to read Thoughts of Resurrection or you are a regular visitor, I invite you to connect with me in the following ways: Subscribe to Thoughts of Resurrection to automatically receive each new post, without having […]

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church

Assumptions

I was confronted by one of the assumptions that I make about life and church recently when reading the comments from my post on what to do with your hands during worship. I made the assumption that words for singing would be on a screen and you would not have to hold a hymnal. For […]

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changing lives

Facilitate Discipleship

I have been intrigued by Matt Judkins work in creating a video based curriculum that is available online and used by small groups within the church. I think that it is a great idea. Here is one of the weekly teaching videos: I think that Resurrection could learn from this idea to improve what we […]

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Uncategorized

Connection Drive – February 2009

Today I want to offer you, the reader, an invitation to connect with me. Whether this is your first time to read Thoughts of Resurrection or you are a regular visitor, I invite you to connect with me in the following ways: Subscribe to Thoughts of Resurrection to automatically receive each new post, without having […]

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life

Get Fit to Preach

I saw this ad when I was browsing Facebook. I am not making this up. I understand that pastors could as a whole be healthier, but this is ridiculous! Get Fit To Preach Even with the busy schedule of a pastor, you can get in great shape without the gym or lifting weights. I’ll show […]

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life

Connection Drive

Today I want to offer you, the reader, an invitation to connection. Whether this is your first time to read Thoughts of Resurrection or you are a regular visitor, I invite you to connect with me in the following ways: Subscribe to Thoughts of Resurrection to automatically receive each new post, without having to check […]