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Leaving WordPress.com for Google+

There have been many opinions shared about how Google+ (a new social network from Google) has had an impact on the online social media scene. People have posited that Google+ will eventually cause people to leave another network. I posted about this possibility myself. http://twitter.com/#!/andrewconard/status/89782495683428352 After conversation with a good friend, I realized that there […]

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Kansas West Annual Conference – Clergy Session #ksw2011

Today we are headed to the Kansas West Annual Conference. This year it is being held at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, KS. This will be our son’s first trip to Annual Conference. Perhaps more exciting than that, this is where my parents live, so he will get to spend a good deal of […]

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Google Fiber is coming to Kansas City, KS

I am pretty excited about the announcement that Google Fiber is coming to Kansas City, Kansas. Here is an update from the blog post announcing the decision: As part of our overall goal to make the web better for users, last year we announced a new project: to provide a community with Internet access more […]

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Speedlinking – March 6, 2009

Google Wants Your Sermons – Will you share? I agree with the assessment at Why I love John Wesley It is a good reminder, Don’t Blame the Technology Excellent thoughts about Reaching the Next Generation If there are any left by now, Free Copies of Blueprint for Discipleship. I signed up for these – State […]

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Church – 10^100

How about a project like this for a church? or a denomination?

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Speedlinking – April 2, 2008

The Carbon Credit Crunch makes a provocative comparison of carbon credits with a church practice. How could existing congregations respond positively to new congregations in their area? Check out – How Would You Respond? This is very cool – Brian Dettmer’s insanely creative Book Autopsies. An insightful take on politics and religion at Obama gets […]

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Speedlinking – March 18, 2008

Google’s Innovative Edge from Dave Ferguson is a summary of principles that would do well in the local church. The Devil Never Takes a Day Off a convicting post on balance from Joseph Memory and storytelling – the importance of community from Ben Simpson. Great thoughts on being prepared from Craig Groeschel at Ministry with […]

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church ministry renewing the church

Google Sites at Church

I just read the blog post on Google Sites. This looks like great stuff. I know that our IT team has SharePoint on the radar screen for an install here at Resurrection, and it looks like there may be some similarity in features here. Any church leaders implementing or thinking about implementing any of the […]

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Google Checkout and the Church

Giving through Google Checkout is a great short post on the Official Google Blog about giving to non profit facilitated online. This post along with Making it Easier for People to Tithe from Tim Stevens makes me think – of course, enable online giving for people in faith communities. Here at Resurrection, we use Electronic […]