I think we inevitably all feel a little stressed at times, right?
And what’s really interesting, is that I think at times we can’t completely pinpoint where the stress is coming from. Sure, we can think of some major presentation to be made, or a conversation to be had….but there still may be some lingering stress.
I received my Square a few days ago. Haven’t heard of it? It’s a great little device you can use to receive credit/debit card payments. Let me give you a closer look.
A few days ago I wrote this post on having an iPhone/Android for your church. Interestingly enough, within a day, each of those companies responded to my post by leaving a comment with a little more information. I was pretty impressed by that.
Obviously, each of those companies are hooked up with Google Alerts or some similar service, and because of that they can help to shape the conversation that’s taking place concerning their company. Smart organizations definitely do this.
The questions is….is your church doing this?
One of the most special things I can be a part of in church is a baptism. There’s nothing that compares to seeing someone take that ancient step and declare that they are dead to their sin and old way of life, and resurrected into a new creation and disciple.
Because of the momentous occasion, I think it’s a near crime when churches barely say or introduce the person being baptized. It’s as if they’re some anonymous person on an assembly and production line. Ever since I began baptizing people, then, I wanted to make sure that the church could make a connection with the person being baptized by hearing a little more of their story.
When I first started this blog I was quite motivated to get some readers subscribed, because I wanted to be able to interact and have some conversations on the topics of church, leadership, and technology. After a certain number joined the conversation, I actually stopped checking the numbers of how many subscribe, because there’s a great community here that chip in and interact.
In the old days, being not very long ago, having an iPhone/Droid/Blackberry app for your church was out of the question. Unless you were a mega-church of some kind and could pay the money to get some special developers.
But thanks to the decrease in cost, having an app for your church is within reach for many. Here are a few of the players out there:
