Posts Tagged ‘Software’

Open Source Worship Presentation Software

We are finally moving towards worship presentation software. This painfully slow move may have been the single most frustrating aspect of the entire church planting experience. So much goes into setting up the basic aspects of a functional, edifying worship service. Most folks go to church on Sunday, and are ushered into a corporate worship experience, and then depart without giving much thought about how much time, energy, work, and basic know-how was invested into the morning. If you truly desire to peek behind the curtain, to see just how much energy and know-how it takes to lead a congregation into the presence of God on a Sunday morning, then plant a church. You will not only have to find, recruit, and develop a technology/media savvy crew, but you will also have to learn all about the technology, software, and hardware required to develop a relevant and meaningful worship experience. You will have to learn these things, unless, of course, you sit on your laurels and wait for God to send you someone to do it for you. If that’s the case, don’t bother. You will fail.

June 27, 2008 | Tags: Church Planting, Open Source, Software, Technology, Worship

Church Management Apps

Friend, fellow Lancaster dweller, and awesome-design-guy Kyle Sollenberger just launched what promises to be a fantastic new blog called Church Management Apps. Why? Because he is fed up with how the church family communicates! I am too! So, I’ll be a regular at Church Management Apps for sure. If I were you, I’d subscribe to the feed too, because Kyle is well informed and excellent at what he does. This is a great blog in the making.

June 5, 2008 | Tags: Church, Collaboration, Online, Social Networking, Software, Technology

Logos Blog Promotional Campaign

Logos Bible Software is sponsoring an Add the Logos Blog to Your Blogroll promotional/marketing campaign. Adding Logos to your roll will earn you a mention in a feature post on the Logos blog scheduled for Monday, April 28. Publishing a blog post that promotes this promotion and encourages others to add Logos to their rolls will earn you a spot on a second list from which three people will be randomly selected to receive $50 worth of credit for the Logos store. So, get involved!

April 18, 2008 | Tags: Blogging, Marketing, Software

An Online Bible and Opportunity for Global Collaboration

YouVersion

YouVersion bills itself as a revolutionary online community! And it just may be! Its revolutionary potential finds a catalyst in the fact that it is a community built totally around the Bible and conversations about the Bible. YouVersion is a community built around the idea that online collaboration and interactive sharing can actually change the way we interact with the texts and one another in important ways. YouVersion is the epitome of “Open Source” theology and Biblical study. If there was ever a sign of the global decentralization of Biblical interpretation, this is it. Said differently, the work of Biblical interpretation has been freed from the ivory - and stale - towers of academia. The reformers would be amazed! This ‘aint the 16th century no more!

This is not your run-of-the-mill pew Bible. It’s not just another online Bible either. This is a fully interactive Bible that features 16 translations and community collaboration! The community collaboration is the most important feature of this virtual Bible. Users can add notes, commentary, stories and help decide if what others have added is relevant to the text to which it was added. Basically, this is an open source commentary that evolves, grows, and corrects itself in community. It is truly remarkable. Read More »

April 17, 2008 | Tags: Bible, Collaboration, Online, Social Networking, Software

Koine Greek Windows PC Software

Here are a few must have Windows PC software applications for any beginning student of Koine - New Testament - Greek. These tools helped me immensely when I began my undergraduate Greek studies. I still use them to this day to constantly reinforce the basics. I personally prefer these space friendly software applications to a box full of thousands of cardboard flash cards … or the endless miles of paradigm charts I used to have Scotch-taped to my study wall. Read More »

December 9, 2006 | Tags: Software