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tonysteward : Starting the Day Right as a Social Media Worker

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:05:03 +0000

Love it. Great comment Dana - and love the new blog!

Greg Atkinson : Guest Post by Clayton Coates: Flat Screen Pastor: Conviction or Convenience?

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:09:24 +0000

Love the questions and thoughts on this post! I am also a firm believer in both the incarnation of Christ and the necessity of that incarnation in ministry. Being from LifeChurch.tv that does both Church Online and has 14 sites across five states where the preaching in services is done via video - you might find my first couple comments surprising. But honestly I don't believe the 30 to 45 minutes a preacher has a week on a stage, 25 to 50 feet away from the audience, in a large auditorium - are the most effective times for this "incarnation." It is the pastoral life lived in care and service of the community, its leaders and the one on one experiences that are an evidence of incarnational ministry. If asked I would bet the farm that our communities would say they have been most ministered to and felt the presence of Christ through pastoral care done life on life - not from the stage. And at each of our campuses there are pastors and ministry teams that are providing life on life care, serving and investing in leaders and doing wildly effective and relational ministry. The spiritual fruit and stories of life change are vivid examples of the work of God. But I don't want my comment to come across in any way as a defense. Leveraging technology always brings change and challenges to the ethical and theological standards we hold dear. I don't think video teaching is best, ideal or "right" for every situation or place. And I believe having a passionate and healthy skepticism towards technology, especially when leveraged for part of our primary practices as the church is absolutely necessary. Thanks for leading in this conversation Clayton and thanks to Greg for giving it a voice and place online to connect with others.

mattknisely.com : Cultivating Communication

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:44:55 +0000

Matt great post! Love your focus on how people are listening (relational and new channels) versus how the church often prefers to communicate (traditional and lecture). I am excited to see the personal implications and applications that will come from these conversations at Cultivate. Getting a chance to collaborate on what we've all been learning concerning how people hear and how that has adjusted how we obediently communicate the gospel is like a powder keg of TNT when it comes to conversations. Looking forward to connecting with you and others there!

Collide Magazine Blog : YouVersion Live

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:17:10 +0000

All of those are good questions to bring with you tomorrow to the Webinar! Check it out at http://youversion.com/live

Collide Magazine Blog : YouVersion Live

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:44:46 +0000

Thanks for the post Scott!! We are so excited to launch YouVersion Live in October!

Ragamuffin Soul : What Are Your Sunday Morning Rituals?

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:26:53 +0000

Church Online Experiences starting rolling in our time zone at 8:30 CDT. I usually go through a typical morning (exercise, devotion, etc.) keeping an eye on email and Twitter in case I need to help with anything. Then head into our office around 9am to help with the heavier experiences with Live Prayer and just to connect with our team on how the Experiences are rolling and if any changes are necessary. All the experiences are volunteer lead and run, so a lot of it is just making sure the experiences and the different links, hooks we have all tied for the week are good to go. Hard part is being so attentive to a computer screen with multiple chats and video for several hours, pretty draining. But amazing to see all the things God is doing through it!

BeDeviant.com : I'd Like to Introduce You to My Son

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:46:26 +0000

Awesome!! Celebrating with you guys today. Rest and enjoy that little guy ;)

Greg Atkinson : Have You Heard of MindMeister?

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:56:24 +0000

Glad to see you jumped in! Love mind mapping and being able to have it in a cloud app through my browser, regardless of Operating System, and free, is awesome. I've also been checking out the iPhone app ($7) and I like it a lot (so far).

Modern Ekklesia : Bringing Interactivity to Your Worship Experience via Your Phone

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:39:47 +0000

Human3rror : Oh the Things You Can Do with a Webcam...

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:37:32 +0000

This is amazing. Would love to see something like this as the next level of One Prayer, but by people all working to being the message of Jesus to people through tons of voices. Stuff like this gets my brain rollin.

How To Study the Bible : http://jjlmblog.typepad.com/howtostudythebible/2009/week28/index.html

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:48:36 +0000

Thanks for reffering people to YouVersion as a free Online Bible! If anyone has questions about YouVersion you can ask us on Twitter by replying to @YouVersion. Best! Tony Steward YouVersion Team

Modern Ekklesia : Bringing Interactivity to Your Worship Experience via Your Phone

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:22:09 +0000

Thanks for the post! Did want to mention we are going to be having some webinars that take an inside look at the features and how YouVersion LIVE is going to work in a couple weeks. If anyone wants to sign up they can head on over to http://youversion.com/live. Best, Tony Steward LifeChurch.tv Online Community Pastor

gordon marcy : VideoTeaching.com: Church Reaches Crossroad

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:01:59 +0000

Gordon thank you for this thoughtful and balanced post! We are thrilled to launch VideoTeaching.com to make those teaching resources available and to help meet the diverse preaching needs of churches around the world. We are sure there will be many different ways and methods that these resources will be used for in local churches and are excited to see them! Best, Tony Steward Online Community Pastor at LifeChurch.tv

Collide Magazine Blog : Upfront Week In Review - 7/24/09

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:54:17 +0000

Thanks for the VideoTeaching.com link guys!

Greg Atkinson : VideoTeaching.com Launches

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:00:35 +0000

Greg thanks for the post man - we actually wanted to connect with you about this before launch but it got lost in the details! Would love to connect sometime about everything going on!

Thoughts About Nothing : Video Teaching Resource

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:58:19 +0000

Thanks for the post Kyle! If you have any questions about VideoTeaching.com just let us know. Best, Tony Steward Online Community Pastor for LifeChurch.tv

ChurchCrunch : VideoTeaching.com Launches, Raises Questions

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:53:20 +0000

Hey John, thanks for the post! There are many different ways that VideoTeaching.com can be used, and our passion in offering it comes from many of the learnings we've had leveraging it here at LifeChurch.tv. One key learning is that the campuses that are having the largest growth (life change and attendance) for us are ones that get their primary teaching via video. It is awesome to hear the stories of life change from the campus pastors and local ministry teams from these campuses! VideoTeaching.com is supported the same way that the rest of our initiatives are through the stewardship and resources of LifeChurch.tv. That has already included OPEN, YouVersion, ChurchMetrics, Babelwith.me, and now VideoTeaching.com. Craig Groeschel is actually doing a series of messages in September about the heart and passion of LifeChurch.tv for these initiatives - something I think this community would connect with. Most of all I am thrilled to see the passion for teaching and preaching I see here in this conversation. The power of God and his Word effectively preached into people's lives is our passion as well and part of why we want to make these messages available for everyone to use as it meets their church's needs. Tony Steward Online Community Pastor for LifeChurch.tv

Ragamuffin Soul : Hairy Saul

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:47:20 +0000

Just shave your arms if that is what works, seems like the way to go. I've got a new slogan for when people try that stuff (like guys ridiculing you about shaving arms) - "refuse outside definition".

Don't Eat The Fruit : Using Technology without Technology Using You: Got Any Tips?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:20:29 +0000

I think something as simple as making sure you are in control of your interactions with technology, instead of letting technology define it. For example, just because Twitter is constantly updating doesn't mean you need to be constantly monitoring. Knowing your boundaries, and how you want to experience life, and then leveraging technology to help you accomplish that is what I believe is a healthy perspective. Letting technology dictate that experience means you will be always "on" and it will take all your attention, and with social media grabbing and keeping your attention is every sites "business plan." Facebook, at its root draw, is trying to keep you on their site for more ads. Google gives it apps away for free in price because your attention is more valuable. Realizing that your life and attention is what is truly valuable, not the technology or the cool things it can do is a realization we all need reminded of...

Tony Steward:. Blog : All My iPhone Apps

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:45:31 +0000

it is for me - but analytics is a whole new ongoing role in my job - so having access at a comprehensive level adds a lot of value for me.