Is your website truly welcoming?
Your church's website is often the first place people visit when they're looking to connect. But have you ever wondered if your online...
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Aug 293 min read
Time management in communications: Two books that changed me and my business
Last summer, my business had become unmanageable. The workload felt impossible to handle, and I had lost the joy of being self-employed....
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Aug 222 min read
Making our Digital Spaces More Welcome to All!
Hello, friends! My name is Katie James, and I am taking over your inbox today! Christen has granted me the privilege of writing to you,...
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Jun 232 min read
Why Instagram Stories are More Important Than Any Other Kind of Post
Social media training for churches and faith-based non-profits requires finding the sweet spot where their needs, target audience, and...
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Jun 233 min read
Volunteer Recruitment: Four Steps to Better Communication
One of the frustrations my clients frequently bring to my attention is the lack of willingness among their congregants to volunteer and...
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Jan 242 min read
Are you asking the right questions?
I started a new book this morning, of the self-help genre. If you know me personally, this will not surprise you in the least. The...
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Jan 92 min read
You're not just not cool. You're part of the problem.
A number of my worlds collided when I encountered this article by Baptist News Global about what has to be the coolest project I've heard...
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Sep 18, 20232 min read
Is writing good social media captions sort of like writing good sermons?
In a meeting last week, a participant in my Membership Program "confessed" that she had recently used my caption-writing prompts to write...
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Apr 24, 20232 min read
A quick social media strategy that works for everyone
Part of my job is to continue seeking out and thinking through new ways to assist my clients in their communication. Years ago, I...
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Jan 4, 20231 min read
A Resource for Pastoral Musicians
Through my work, I often have the privilege of encountering organizations that are engaged in work that stands out as necessary and rare....
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Oct 12, 20227 min read
What Bartimaeus can teach the Church about faith
*This is a sermon I preached for the first time in Arlington, VA in 2021. Since then I have preached a version of it at several...
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Aug 2, 20221 min read
The Four Qualities of an Effective Hybrid Church
This article was published by The Christian Citizen on July 26, 2022. Over the last two and a half years, we learned we can do a whole...
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May 23, 20222 min read
Will you break my heart?
There's a lot I could tell you about church websites. I could tell you that your website should resource its visitors instead of...
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Apr 24, 20223 min read
Social Media as Ministry, Not Marketing: Top Three Tips
A few days ago, I sent an email to my subscribers encouraging them to view their social media content not as a communication tool for...
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Jan 24, 20222 min read
It's not as scary as it seems!
Over the past few years I have noticed a new emphasis in church life on AV and digital media ministries. We all know why, so rather than...
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Sep 30, 20213 min read
the dos and don'ts of email communication
Today, there are 4 billion daily email users and that number is expected to jump to 4.6 billion by 2025. Furthermore, email remains the...
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Jun 2, 20213 min read
Some Thoughts on Hybrid Children's Ministry
When I initially developed the curriculum for my "How to Be a Hybrid Church" course, I did not include anything specific to children's...
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May 6, 20213 min read
The Minutiae of Mevo
Last week during my "How to Be a Hybrid Church" class, a participant shared that his church had had great success livestreaming its...
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Mar 11, 20213 min read
How to know when your church needs a new website
I am currently working on a number of church website projects. For each of them, I am taking a different approach. Some are in need of a...
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Feb 19, 20212 min read
A Passion for the Smaller-Membership Church
I am the Minister of (Old) Rehoboth Presbyterian Church. Rehoboth takes its name from the location of a well dug by Isaac in Genesis...
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