And without further adieu, the most popular post for the month of September was….
“What Is the Best Way To Find Sermon Illustrations?”
We didn’t get that many comments on that one. I was a little disappointed, to be honest. 
One of the readers wanted your help people! Ok…i’ll step off my soapbox. But it’s not too late if you have any ideas or want to share your story of how you find illustrations. If you still want to jump in and share click here.
Just a quick update. I just added the Comment Luv plugin to Modern Ekklesia. With this plugin, whenever someone that has a blog leaves a comment, it will automatically show their last blog post beneath their comment. This is just a simple way of helping to spread the love in this community and to help get some other voices heard and on the map.
So spread the luv 
In the past I’ve never had a super purposeful system for scheduling out blog posts. I generally wanted to post about twice a week. Usually on Tuesdays or Thursdays. But I was never really purposeful about what I was going to write about. If I was on my computer and got an idea for a blog post, I’d write it down in a list I created in Google Tasks. If I was away from my computer I’d simply write it down in my notebook. The problem with this method is that it was easy for me to not look at the list for days. Even when I did look at the list it was easy to just look at it, but not take any action.
Well, Chris Brogan recently wrote a post on a plugin for WordPress called “editorial calendar” which he liked and I decided to check out. It’s a super simple plugin. It basically shows you a calendar view for any posts you have coming up. It’s really easy to switch dates for any post by dragging it to another date.
When you absolutely positively have to get a lot of important work done, where do you go? Is there a certain place in your house? A home office? Your main office at work somewhere? Or is there another place you go to?
For me, it’s become pretty simple. I have two little kids, and if I’m at home, I won’t be able to achieve a deep level of concentration. It’s just too easy to take a break, or have to get up to deal with a screaming child. Because of that, my go to place has become Borders bookstore.
It’s relatively quiet, and I’m able to focus. In fact, because i’m not at home, it motivates me to focus and get a lot of work done before I head back home for the day.
I’ve been thinking about this for awhile, but I hadn’t pulled the trigger. I think the time is now, though.
I’d like to officially open the doors to anyone that would like to be a contributor here at Modern Ekklesia. Why am I opening the doors like this? Because I know that there’s quite a few people out there that wouldn’t normally start their own blog for a variety of reasons, but who have really good stuff to share and are looking for a venue to share. So here’s your opportunity.
The following are some guidelines that I adapted from the section on MichaelHyatt.com regarding guest blogging.
John Saddington, former Web Creative Director at North Point Community church, and blogger at ChurchCrunch and other 8Bit properties has just become a full-time professional blogger. What does it mean to be a pro blogger? It means you do it full-time and you derive your income from it.
He’s starting a new blog to catalogue his journey of digital “tent-making” called Tentblogger.com. If you’re at all interested and involved in blogging I suggest you subscribe to his new blog, and if you’re on Twitter, follow him there at @tentblogger. One thing I know is that you will learn a lot.
From all of us at Modern Ekklesia, we’re really happy for you, John, and wish you the best!
Have you ever wondered what WordPress is really about? I’ll admit it can be a ‘tad confusing at first glance. There’s WordPress.com and WordPress.org. And by the way, if you’re curious, we’re using WordPress.org here at Modern Ekklesia. Well, below is a great (and huge) infographic that really breaks down what the differences are.
