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Comment on eighteen inches by kenhensley

kenhensley — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:40:07 +0000

By writing about it, it helps me remember what I've said!

Comment on eighteen inches by Steve Shelanskey

Steve Shelanskey — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:02:19 +0000

Ken,
I knew you couldn't resist to post about this after hearing you last night at the Saturday service.

Comment on open source church by kenhensley

kenhensley — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:20:57 +0000

Jonathan,

I love what LifeChurch.tv does with their open.lifechurch.tv site — making source files available for all their teaching series. Becoming a resourcing church is one of our goals here at Mountainview.

That's a great question about what other open-source things churches could do … how about sharing staff, message preparation … there has to be more!

Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.

Comment on inspiring motivation by Ken

Ken — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:24:37 +0000

Bill – that’s fantastic! Thanks for passing it along.

Comment on open source church by Jonathan Malm

Jonathan Malm — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:19:34 +0000

Your post caught my interest! I’ve actually been thinking about ways the church can be more open-source…but more than that…open-source between churches. There are already tons of churches putting their series graphics out there for other churches to use…but what else could churches openly share with each other to further increase the kingdom of God?

I don’t know…it’s just been a thought I’ve been playing with for a while…I think I have a few ideas here and there…

Comment on inspiring motivation by Bill Reid

Bill Reid — Sun, 30 May 2010 19:39:16 +0000

Hey Ken – there was a great illustration of this book by RSAnimate on Youtube –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

Comment on change & irrelevance by Ken

Ken — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:57:25 +0000

Hi Eric,

Great comments and thanks for reading! I’ve been thumbing through Andy Crouch’s book “Culture Making” and believe today’s church has a great opportunity to use emerging technologies in innovative ways. We also need to be creating new technologies as well.

As one who is comfortable with technology (and typically an early-adopter), I believe it’s important that we help others like us learn to “lead up” when it comes to influencing older church leaders who may not be as comfortable with technology. Thanks again for reading!

Ken

Comment on change & irrelevance by Eric Seiberling

Eric Seiberling — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:15:11 +0000

Ken,

I think many times we confuse our personal tastes with what is “holy” or “right.” I think Christ broke a number of conventions during his ministry…hanging out with the least, lost and marginalized of society, teaching in parables and taking on the Pharisees.

We need to be committed in spreading the unchanging Good News in whatever way is relevant to our society. At one point, the organ was cutting edge. At one point, a pamphlet (by Martin Luther) was considered a tool of the Devil. Why should we stop changing now?

The same is true for Google, Facebook, Twitter, text messaging, a blog, Flickr and YouTube (i.e. the major digital marketing tools).

We just have to learn how to use them together before we lose another generation from hearing the Good News.

Here is an article you might want to read:

http://www.flockology.com/2010/03/church-digital-marketing.html

Comment on letters from dad by Bill Reid

Bill Reid — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:58:57 +0000

Sounds like a great class. I actually did this myself a couple of years ago, but it turned into a book.

http://www.amazon.com/Letters-My-Kids-Bill-Reid/dp/B002AD3YK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265317036&sr=8-1

Comment on happy anniversary, baby by Steve Shelanskey

Steve Shelanskey — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:15:18 +0000

Happy Anniversary to you and your wife!
I hope you had or are having a great trip. See you in Church.

Steve