gdp's Comments

Ron Edmondson : One Contrast Between Leaders and Managers

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:34:52 +0000

Well if leaders appreciate the chance to constantly move, revaluate what is going on, draw new connections within old data, solve problems and move on -- yeah that's me.

Ron Edmondson : Leading From A Position Of Fear Or Security

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:30:22 +0000

So how do you unlearn to lead from a position of fear, when that's what you confront every single day from people above you?

ChurchCrunch : Sunday Special QA No. 43

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:31:44 +0000

How soon till the new redesign of ChurchCrunch is released?

ChurchCrunch : Your Ministry Can't Wait for the Next Big Thing

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:29:16 +0000

Crazy part for me, I joined facebook just after it emerged from a privileged "few" colleges. Now I'm struggling to find my relevance there. I peaked at just over 450 "friends." What did that yield me, an overloaded newsfeed. All this to say, engage but keep watching what people are doing and where they are going...there's more stuff coming out, but all this social media stuff is also bringing people back to desiring real live relationships. The scope however, of where those relationships can range, has massively expanded...

ChurchCrunch : Start Small Not Big This Year for Yourself and Your Ministry

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:15:30 +0000

Still learning this...despite recent notoriety I have been working on that Bible verse about "whatever your hand finds to do." Lately I have been working on getting a linux server running in my home office. I have Apache & PHP & Samba installed and running, so I can do Wordpress Dev and share files & printers. Now only to get better hosting for my sites that actually included SSH access so I could learn how to do Rsynch backups of live website files and databases. I have gotten a couple of leads for Daniel C Berman Communications, but there is a big difference between leads and paying clients...There is still a lot of year left though - anything can happen!

ChurchCrunch : Thoughts: God and Youtube Do Not Mix

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:16:49 +0000

I haven't watched the videos and I'm exactly sure if I want to for reasons that many have listed above. That said it does occur to me, its one thing to say something in order to knock others off balance and encourage them to think. Its entirely different to actually personally believe what your saying and encourage others to follow you. Its entirely different still to act as though one believes something and only do it to encourage people to think. Which is it here? I am all for intellectual exercises and good old fashioned theological debate over exegesis, but the question that keeps coming back to me, is authenticity on the part of the speaker in these videos. If people are purposely having to reinterpret his statements for constructive use in their own lives, which do not include whole-sale application of the statements, hasn't the instructor lost control of the guidance process in the learning situation? Who's actually teaching and who is doing the learning? Can it be called learning if its not guided by someone else with superior intellect or life experience?

ChurchCrunch : Business Card Giveaway Winner!

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:45:09 +0000

Well thank you John! I sincerely appreciate it, I have never one something like this. I will be sending you an email.

ChurchCrunch : Business Card Giveaway!

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:20:24 +0000

And unfortunately because you commented on it, I can't edit it on my end. Can you modify the link on your end John?

ChurchCrunch : Business Card Giveaway!

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 01:52:15 +0000

I would promote my new business, Daniel C Berman Communications (http://danielcberman.com) specialising in website design, social media marketing, and computer repair.

ChurchCrunch : Changing Your Voice - Missional Social Media

Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:05:54 +0000

Sounds like an excellent situation for two twitter accounts. One that you maintain your "Christian" conversations with, and the other that you use to engage culture with...

ChurchCrunch : Do We Need a Christian Social News Aggregators?

Wed, 6 Jan 2010 06:47:29 +0000

The challenge with aggregation, is the loss of context which inherently follows. What spurred someone to say what they do and why is it important to them, and me? However the flip side is that the blogging world, while dominated by a number of heavy weights, none the less is a discussion forum, albeit a dispersed one. Why cut ourselves off from the wider field just because they don't have an "important" blog? Maybe these aggregators can encourage us to read and dialogue on a wider scale?

MemberHub : Would It Be Dangerous If the Church "Caught Up" Technologically?

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:45:14 +0000

Well the main issue that could come up would be, the focus changing from God to the tech itself. That said God is the ultimate creator of the human intellect and the ultimate basis of logic and reason. In that light, there might be a basis for catching up technologically as one of many methods of worshiping God with more than our mouths, but with our minds.

ChurchCrunch : Wibiya Toolbar - A Perfect Solution for an iCampus or Internet Campus Experience

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:20:10 +0000

Honored by the invitation! Been watching this technology but haven't had a good use case that absolutely called for something like this. But I will keep that in mind.

ChurchCrunch : Wibiya Toolbar - A Perfect Solution for an iCampus or Internet Campus Experience

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:46:09 +0000

They just pushed a major new update out - >http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/12/28/wibiya-... Thoughts, ideas?

ChurchCrunch : 5 Tips for Improving and Preparing Your Online Presence for 2010

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:07:14 +0000

Copying can be a path fraught with danger. I doubt many pastors or Christian leaders have been taught how to lead through innovation, where it okay and where its not. We tend to end up with way to many Christian fads unfortunately with no relation to the original basis of the program. I wonder how many churches would deliberately choose to not share their programs with others, without a check list detailing the critical elements which they feel made their program a success?

ChurchCrunch : Catalyst West Registration Opens, Unusual Tomorrow Theme a Little Too Unusual?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:49:47 +0000

Even a 3D rotating cube would be more usable I think....

ChurchCrunch : ChurchLeaders.com Launches in BETA, CNAMEs Still Propagating?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:58:03 +0000

I wonder if this was supposed to be a paid "intranet" of sorts to go along with their ministry intelligence report.

ChurchCrunch : ChurchLeaders.com Launches in BETA, CNAMEs Still Propagating?

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:17:25 +0000

Best of luck to them! Though I would challenge them to consider Church Leaders around the world, who speak a variety of languages and come from varied financial backgrounds as they make their article and blog selections. In re: cleanup I checked their faqs page and it looks like a copy and paste from "sermon central"? and has nothing to do with Church Leaders in general. Anyway it maybe to early to critique before the cnames propagate fully.

Human3rror : How's Your Day Going? Mine's Like This...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:50:37 +0000

Try my week, and its way above my pay grade.....

Refining Spiritual Community : How-To Build A Searchable Lifestream

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:52:37 +0000

From what I can tell, it will exclude posts in this category from the recent posts widget but not the archive widget. The 'categories' widget is setup however you care to display posts either way...