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Communication Messages

Something I’ve been working through on my whiteboard in the office and my head (in and out of the office!) are the differences in online communication messages. I wanted to capture some of my thoughts here and welcome any comments.
Most messages need a couple of data fields: Author, Date, Title, and Message.
That seems to [...]

Using Social Network Websites for Ministry

The internet is a tool that builds social networks. In a new report from Pew Internet they explore “The Strength of Internet Ties“. With the emergence of Web 2.0 web applications it has become much easier to build personal social networks. Some of these include MySpace, FaceBook and Flickr. You can find [...]

…so that everyone knows someone…

Maybe this is a stretch. Maybe not. You decide.
The mission of Campus Crusade for Christ (of whom I’m on staff with) is helping to build spiritual movements everywhere so everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus Christ.
Well, the other night my wife and I had dinner with a couple from Arkansas [...]

DaVinci Code: The Challange

Anyone seen this: DaVinci Code: The Challange? Apparently Sony Pictures, the producers of the movie DaVinci Code, have put up this website and working with Hollywood Jesus, among others, to provide discussion about the content of the movie.
Thanks to Grant for the tip.
[tags]DaVinci Code, movie[/tags]

Apostle Paul and MySpace

Paul Johnson points us to Scott’s answer to the age-old question, What would the Apostle Paul think of the virtual world of “Myspace”?

The Strength of Internet Ties

Yesterday the Pew Internet & American Life Project released a report describing how the internet improves Americans’ capacity to maintain their social networks and how they gain a big payoff when they use the internet to activate those networks to solicit help.
The surveys show that people not only socialize online, but they also incorporate the [...]

Teens Online

Study: More teens exploring faith on Internet:
Two in three teenagers say religion is important to them, but they don’t want only to go to church, synagogue or mosque to express their spirituality…
A clear majority — 92 percent — of those teenagers want a better connection with their religion but nearly half say they aren’t sure [...]

Yahoo’s Plans for Community

Nice little article: Yahoo search strategy aims ‘inside heads’:
The Web is maturing from billions of static pages into a massive assortment of communities where individuals suddenly find it nearly as easy to create and share their own content as they do to download other pages, Bradley Horowitz, director of technology development for Yahoo’s search group, [...]

Growing up with the Internet

Frank of Strategic Digital Outreach points us to this quote:
For those who didn’t grow up with the Internet, it might seem strange to think of a mere website as an actual place. But for people like …. Michael Edwards, a high school senior from San Diego who can’t remember when there was no Internet, cyberspace [...]

MySpace is TheirReality

I was in a public setting today when I overheard a teenaged girl talking to her parents. I wasn’t snooping. They were loud.
It was just a normal, regular, every-day encounter and conversation this family was having. Then the girl said something that made my ears perk up a bit.
She was [...]



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