I was continuing the conversation with a co-worker about my post about Facebook, MySpace, etc. this week. Her “online profile” looks like this: has a MySpace account but doesn’t use it much, uses Facebook a lot to connect with people, and uses Xanga for blogging.
The way she sees it is that if […]

Back in the early days of the internet, web pages were scattered. Yahoo came along and tried to index them all. But AOL tried to go one step further…making the internet easily interactive. That’s how I got my start with online ministry: AOL chatrooms back around 1995.
I’ve thinking a lot […]

I am a huge fan of talk radio.
I live in Abbotsford, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. One of the drawbacks to living here is having to deal with the lack of “traffic flow” on our highways. Rather than reducing my otherwise perfect character to the level of those going 80 km/h in the 100km/h […]

This is something I need to do for my blogs because I agree that the comment section is very important to a blog…especially if it’s for ministry! That’s where interaction takes place.
So running across these 10 Tips to Improve the Comment Section of Your Blog I realized I’ve got some room for improvement…but for […]

Paul Martin writes today on Anonymity and Problems in Forums
Is it possible to actually have an “online community” in any real sense? Maybe, but the fact that anyone can submit only what they want people to know about themselves is the antithesis of real community. The question I have is, if this is true and […]

This is not about the 80s punk band Devo and their blog.
TruthMedia has released a couple of devotional blogs that are generating quite a discussion on them (at least among the women). Looks very promising for blog ministry.
They have a blog devotional for men and a blog devotional for women.

This article from A List Apart discusses the dangers of allowing anonymity with online community.  The author points out that anonymity may not contribute to the quality of content added to your community.  He suggests some simple steps to a better online community through having memberships.  Membership blocks out those that could cause trouble.  Membership […]

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A friend of mine emailed me last week the following:
I’ve got a question for you. The last couple of months I have really been getting into conversing with people on [a secular] message board. I’ve had a lot of conversations with people about abortion, homosexual marriage, the Bible, Christianity, etc. However, I’m […]

I’m trying a little experiment and want to enlist your help. Of course you’re going to gain something from this too.
I’ve been playing around with wordpress.com, a free blog service hosted by Word Press. I can’t decide what to do with the spot I have so I’m going to try something different.
I’ve created […]